Last year, L.S. Dunes — vocalist Anthony Green, guitarist Frank Iero, bassist Tim Payne, guitarist Travis Stever, and drummer Tucker Rule — released their debut album, Past Lives, a boundary pushing synthesis of post-hardcore and punk that became one of 2022’s most acclaimed hard rock albums.
To celebrate Past Lives’ first anniversary, L.S. Dunes will release Lost Songs: Lines and Shapes on November 10, 2023 via Fantasy Records.
Raw and radically revealing, Lost Songs: Lines and Shapes features early, stripped-down versions of all Past Lives’ 11 tracks. Listening to these songs in their hyper-intense, original form provides a new, completely fresh view into Past Lives, while the uninitiated will appreciate it for what it is, a sterling artistic statement in its own right. Pre-order Lost Songs: Lines and Shapes HERE. Fans can also pre-order the Past Lives Deluxe Edition, a limited, 2-LP vinyl special package which includes both the original album and Lost Songs: Lines And Shapes, exclusively via the band’s online store HERE.
Today, L.S. Dunes also shared the new album’s first single, “Permanent Rebellion” (Demo). Green’s beautifully understated vocal reshapes track almost entirely, transforming it into something darker, but equally thrilling.
Listen HERE and watch the visualizer for “Permanent Rebellion” (DEMO) HERE.
“Lines and Shapes, the newest L.S. Dunes release, is the best way we know how to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of our band’s debut full-length, Past Lives,” says Iero. “This is the blueprint to how the album came to be. The spark of each song as we started this journey to each triumphant end. Lines and Shapes will take the listener down the same path we traveled as a band. Listen in on how we created together from afar. Sending digital breadcrumbs back and forth, building foundations for what was to come in the cloud, and then finally to those structures built in their definitive form. Lines and Shapes not only celebrates the anniversary of Past Lives, but also the craft of songwriting and the many dynamics of what it means to be in a band. It is something I wish I was able to experience for every record I ever loved and wondered how it came to be.”
Lost Songs: Lines and Shapes was produced by L.S. Dunes and recorded separately across various bedrooms and garages during the pandemic. The arrangements, musical flourishes, and vocals have a looser feel and often contrast wildly from its successor, giving many of these tracks a different outlook and meaning altogether. Three of the tracks are pure instrumentals including the psyche-rock workout “Blender,” the grandiose and explosive “Bombsquad,” and the dramatic, prog-rocker “Grifter.” Similarly, the initial construction of “Grey Veins,” “2022,” “Past Lives,” and “Antibodies,” highlight the band’s ultra-musicianship as the unvarnished sonics jump out and grab the listener by the throat.
Fresh from their recent return to Chicago’s RIOT FEST in mid-September and a summer headline tour that featured sold-out shows in New York and Los Angeles, L.S. Dunes will join Pierce The Veil on the 18-date Jaws of Life Tour, November 4through December 8. Full itinerary below.
LOST SONGS: LINES AND SHAPES TRACK LISTING:
“2022” (Demo)
“Antibodies” (Demo)
“Grey Veins” (Demo)
“Like Forever” (Demo)
“Blender” (Demo)
“Past Lives” (Demo)
“It Takes Time” (Demo)
“Bombsquad” (Demo)
“Grifter” (Demo)
“Permanent Rebellion” (Demo)
“Sleep Cult” (Demo)
“A staggering collection of progressive-rock and post-hardcore songs” — Alternative Press
“A tour-de-force of post-hardcore” — Heavy Consequence
“An urgent and flat-out fantastic record” — Brooklyn Vegan
Praise has come from all corners of the globe including year-end accolades from Guitar World, Revolver (Best New Bands of 2022), Loudwire, Kerrang, Alternative Press (55 Best Albums of 2022), Brooklyn Vegan: (Best Punk Albums of 2022), Rock Sound (cover), Stereogum, Loudwire (Best Rock + Metal Debut LPs 2022), New Noise (cover), Line of Best Fit, Heavy Consequence, AllMusic, and many more.
L.S. DUNES ON TOUR:
9/17 — Chicago, IL — RIOT FEST 2023
WITH PIERCE THE VEIL + DAYSEEKER:
11/4 — Sacramento, CA — Hard Rock Live
11/5 — Fresno, CA — Fresno Convention Center
11/7 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
11/8 — El Paso, TX — UTEP Don Haskins Center
11/10 — San Antonio, TX — The Espee
11/11 — Edinburg, TX — Bert Ogden Arena
11/12 — Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
11/14 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues
11/15 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues
11/17 — Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues
11/18 — Corbin, KY — The Corbin Arena
11/19 — Macon, GA — Macon City Auditorium
11/21 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/25 — Reading, PA — Santander Arena
11/26 — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live!
11/28 — Chesterfield, MO — The Factory
11/30 — Chicago, IL — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
12/2 — Des Moines, IA — Vibrant Music Hall
12/3 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory
12/5 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Criterion
12/7 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
12/8 — San Diego, CA — Viejas Arena
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