Canada’s biggest alt-rock export Mother Mother have released their highly anticipated album Grief Chapter. The album marks a new era in the group’s constantly evolving story, kickstarted by an organic groundswell of young, passionate fans who have all found community in the band’s songs. Sonically, Grief Chapter’s twelve songs are some of Mother Mother’s most dynamic.
Mother Mother (Mackenzie Walker)
Regarding the album, frontman Ryan Guldemond says, “We’ve been playing the biggest stages of our career over the last few years, feeling more like a high energy rock band than we’ve ever felt. It’s natural, I think, that this charged frequency found its way into the record. In the studio, our instinct was to make things hit hard and feel powerful, and the band as a whole felt very honed to execute in this way.”
With the release of the band’s ninth studio album, the group also shared a new video for Explode!. Guldemond says of the track, “This song is about the desire to live so fully that one becomes overzealous and manic about it. There’s a fear-based element within striving so hard: fear of death, fear of time running out, and fear of not doing enough. Thus, we end up doing too much and, in turn, getting tired, losing our ability to be present, and ultimately never finding peace.”
Check out the video for Explode! below:
Mother Mother will be touring the new record extensively around the world throughout 2024, kicking off in the UK with a sold out show in Sheffield on 17th February Feb. Following the 12-date UK and Ireland tour the band then head straight to Europe for an extensive run of shows.
2024 UK & Ireland Tour Dates:
FEBRUARY
17th – Sheffield, UK Network
18th – Manchester, UK O2 Victoria Warehouse
20th – Glasgow, UK Barrowland Ballroom
22nd – Dublin, IRE 3Olympia Theatre
23rd – Dublin, IRE 3Olympia Theatre
25th – Newcastle, UK O2 City Hall Newcastle
28th – Leeds, UK O2 Academy Leeds
29th – London, UK Troxy
MARCH
3rd – Nottingham, UK Rock City
4th – Cardiff, UK Cardiff University Students Union
5th – Brighton, UK Brighton Dome
7th – Birmingham, UK O2 Institute Birmingham
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