Seattle rock band CANDLEBOX will launch its last studio album, “The Lengthy Goodbye”, on Friday, August 25 through Spherical Hill Data. The LP’s newest single, “What Do You Want”, co-written by Nick Brown of the alt-rock band MONA, who additionally seems on the observe, may be streamed beneath.

Celebrating 30 years of success, CANDLEBOX is capping off their lengthy and influential profession with “The Lengthy Goodbye”. The brand new 10-track assortment, produced by Don Miggs, finds the group taking inventory of evolving maturity, fleeting time, and lasting love, all whereas kicking a variety of ass. Along with the hard-rocking lead single “Punks”, “The Lengthy Goodbye” contains the moody, atmospheric “Elegante”, the place frontman and songwriter Kevin Martin dives headlong into inventive wordplay as Miggs and the band mimic a synth-pop vibe with guitars and drums. Elsewhere is the acoustic “Maze” and “Cellphone Jesus”, the place Kevin permits a few of his worldview to seep in as he searches for an indication from above for a broken society.

CANDLEBOX — Kevin Martin (lead vocals),Adam Kury (bass),Brian Quinn (guitar),Island Types (guitar),BJ Kerwin (drums) — is presently on the highway on their farewell tour, crossing the nation till early fall with fellow rockers 3 DOORS DOWN as direct assist on their large “Away From The Solar” amphitheater tour along with varied headlining reveals.

Rising from Seattle’s burgeoning mid-Nineteen Nineties grunge scene, CANDLEBOX shortly discovered mainstream success with their deep, lyrically pushed melodies and massive radio hooks, as evidenced by their large hits “Far Behind”, “You” and “Cowl Me” that propelled their self-titled debut album, a defining file of the last decade, to promote greater than 4 million copies worldwide. Their follow-up album, “Lucy”, earned a platinum certification and solidified CANDLEBOX as a tour de pressure within the thriving alt-rock scene. Whereas the business success of the primary album performed a pivotal position within the band’s trajectory to the highest, it was their uncooked and unapologetically sincere dwell performances that in the end solidified their place amongst Seattle’s elite. In 1998, CANDLEBOX launched “Joyful Drugs”, which might be their final album earlier than occurring hiatus from 2000 to 2006. In 2008, the band reformed and launched their fourth album, “Into The Solar”, and hit the highway for the primary time in 10 years, touring extensively and releasing “Alive In Seattle”, a dwell album that included tracks from each period of their profession. 2016 marked the triumphant return of CANDLEBOX with the discharge of “Disappearing In Airports”, a extra basic rock-tinged album hailed by many critics and followers as their greatest work in years. Singles “Vexatious” and “Supernova” drove the album to debut at #9 on the Billboard charts and spurred a number of U.S. and worldwide excursions, together with main pageant appearances at Carolina Rise up, Welcome To Rockville and Lollapalooza Chile. Whereas these iconic rockers have been blazing full steam since, releasing their album “Wolves” in 2021, and not too long ago issuing a dwell, acoustic album, “Stay At The Neptune”, Kevin and CANDLEBOX are calling it quits in 2023, however they are not going quietly.

“The Lengthy Goodbye” is in the end an announcement file, a doc of a band that by some means survived an period that tragically proved too seductive for a few of their friends to stay not solely profitable, however related. And after CANDLEBOX wraps all of it up on the finish of the 12 months, the hits will nonetheless dwell on, together with a legacy that serves to encourage the younger punks who come after them.

“The Lengthy Goodbye” observe itemizing:

01. Punks
02. What Do You Want (that includes Mona)
03. Elegante
04. I Ought to Be Joyful
05. Nails On A Chalkboard
06. Ugly
07. Maze
08. Cellphone Jesus
09. Cunning
10. Hourglass

Picture credit score: Graham Fielder