Bayside vocalist Anthony Raneri had signed a deal with Hopeless Records to release his second solo record, ‘Sorry State Of Mind’. The EP will drop on the 29th June with pre-orders available via his official website and via iTunes.
The record follows his 2012 debut EP, ‘New Cathedrals’.
“When I first started releasing solo music with ‘New Cathedrals’, I told myself that there weren’t any ground rules or boundaries in what I made and ‘Sorry State of Mind’ takes that even further,” says Raneri. “If I’m writing a song and it’s taking a country turn, I go with it. If I feel like experimenting with electronic music, I do.”
In anticipation of the release, Raneri is streaming new track ‘Gone’ via the Hopeless Records YouTube channel.
“I have always felt that a good song is a good song whether it’s dressed up like a country song, punk rock song or show tune,” adds Raneri. “That’s what I’ve done with Bayside for years. Take different styles of music and dress them up as punk rock. A lot of Bayside songs started out sounding more like show tunes and folk songs and we put a different spin on them. With the solo music, I let the songs stay where they originate.”
TRACKLISTING:
01 Smithereens
02 Gone
03 No Good
04 Sorry State Of Mind
05 I Never Want To Fix Myself Again
06 Run and Stumble