First ECCP single in 10 years is called 'Love Lounge', To be released in June Options

[SecretInsomnia]

Came across this article, guess it wasn't posted before.

https://www.alternativenation.net/live-anno...c-ed-kowalczyk/

Most likely the first single since 'Forever' will be released next month
'Love Lounge'. I haven't decided yet if this is a really dumb or really cool title.
Anyway, let the speculation begin!!!!


Edit by dangum
Link to proper video can be found here:
http://www.kerrang.com/video/live-premiere...or-love-lounge/

This post has been edited by dangum: Jul 10 2018, 9:25 pm

[LiveForNow]

They "hated each other"? "They" came to eventually foster a disdain for one person in particular for various reasons, but that is apparently water under the bridge.

I'm sorry to all the people who want to hear Photograph instead of Turn My Head or Meltdown instead of The Dolphin's Cry or Vine Street instead of whatever. But sadly most of the people who remember this band remember them for the hits, not the deep cuts. Live just doesn't have the deep fan base that a band like Pearl Jam has, where they can pull a deep C side cut out of the hat and have at least half of the damn arena singing along with it. Live has their core fans, but... and I'm sorry if this hurts indie ears... those fans don't pay the bills.

It sucks we don't get deeper cuts at shows, but at least they're not playing songs from SFBM. I mean, ffs... there's plenty to still be happy-ish about at this point.
They played The Turn because they were pushing a new ALBUM, along with a new lead singer. But they played plenty of older cuts on that tour too.

Also, Ed had plenty of instances of forgetting his own lyrics. So what? Shit happens. Lyrics are sung by imperfect creatures.
I bet Everclear won't ever play a set without tossing out songs like Santa Monica, Heartspeart, and Everything To Everyone though. Am I right?

Everclear plays the hits for sure, but they rotate the other songs. All Live really needs to play is Lightning Crashes, I Alone, Selling the Drama, All Over You, and Dolphin's Cry. That's five must-plays. Their other songs that the average person MIGHT know are Lakini's Juice, Turn My Head, White Discussion, Heaven, Pain Lies on the Riverside, and Run to The Water. If they're hellbent on pushing Love Lounge, that's only six songs out of the thirteen they don't have leeway on.

Looking at the Boise setlist, they have two deep tracks: The Distance and Pillar of Davidson. They really should switch up those two songs every night. They're already forgoing Operation Spirit and Run to The Water. Every other song is from my might know list.

I strongly believe they're just as well off trying to win over a casual Live fan by throwing out a great song versus one the casual fan might vaguely remember, like Pain Lies on the Riverside.

Point is, yes, they had a lot of hits but I think they have more leeway then you give them credit for. All I ask for is 2 slots where the songs rotate with deeper cuts. If its the same setlist every night, then it'll be disappointing.

Also it's worth mentioning they chose to play 13 song sets supporting Counting Crows at large venues as opposed to playing 18 song sets for their true fans in smaller venues - which is baffling to me considering how they all took 2016 off and barely played in 2017 which leads me to believe they don't need the money.

This post has been edited by LiveForNow: Jun 27 2018, 7:33 pm