{"id":31225,"date":"2019-06-05T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31225"},"modified":"2019-06-03T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T17:05:36","slug":"sparrows-announce-failed-gods-lp-share-a-little-crowded-death-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31225","title":{"rendered":"Sparrows announce &#8216;Failed Gods&#8217; LP + share &#8216;A Little Crowded Death&#8217; video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sparrows, the Toronto-based post-hardcore band have announced their third album,&nbsp;&#8216;Failed Gods,&#8217; on August 9 via Sound Anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the LP announcement, the band shared a video for <em>A Little Crowded Death<\/em>, which singer\/guitar player Dan Thomson described as <em>&#8220;a push off point for the record,&#8221;<\/em> while saying the song made them readdress the entire release. <em>&#8220;Failed Gods is an exercise in anxiety and anger,&#8221;<\/em> he adds. <em>&#8220;The past few years have been a learning experience about who and what we can trust, and that really coloured our writing this time around. It&#8217;s almost like we took off the rose coloured glasses and saw the truth of our surroundings, and decided to torch it to the ground.&#8221;<\/em> Check out the video via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6ZaSY3bih8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Failed_Gods_Cover.jpg?fit=640%2C597\" alt=\"Sparrows Failed Gods LP cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-31227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Failed_Gods_Cover.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Failed_Gods_Cover.jpg?resize=300%2C280 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Failed_Gods_Cover.jpg?resize=768%2C716 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Failed_Gods_Cover.jpg?resize=1024%2C955 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;Failed Gods&#8217;&nbsp;track list<\/strong><br>No Heroes<br>No Masters<br>Repose<br>Worship Song<br>No One Gets Past Four<br>Black Gold<br>An Expiry, In Years<br>Fifth Helena Drive<br>A Little Crowded Death<br>The Last Twenty-Four Hours<br>An Honest Coward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Failed Gods&#8217;&nbsp;pre-orders, which include an instant download of <em>A Little Crowded Death<\/em>, are available now via&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/email.robly.com\/wf\/click?upn=9H-2FeDuNF6C75rlqfGIZTCwOZJRpkTs4VselQNskJUCmzXe-2F6CMxnpadGyKN5ZrhH_9hXar9nv9t8gdQ9knYmuEMvwu8sLZ7JVe7L8KI-2BVoXJkTr0oPkkyLcD5YABZIoabG6xxv0E0FAHcTSEquLdihUvAUyK0svjuineHZyaVSfBzv0munR1jx19IgxgYUxmsk1JSSv9b-2Bh5crmPu6V-2FTGUZxpilBykZcBZxYYdyVsLuFfKvsqOD8jlZptWeRuhb6fzURK66G7Clf47sZ-2FwOuvgToB8Vl6k67krYFgHhahp-2BBp2t0N7v7oNVvUCOF9vtLn2FboiYNEcUCs9I5IAkZ6vA8z6SwDtaO9Lb8LoKWeBeV-2FuOjFhLrzWzSLuezoxR75rcZkgyY9fFe1-2Fpz9WB-2Fu-2BWFkBKRw9bHDcHEXYX1vGij5E8W8kDe8V971DkHK5djevwUrE4lvEdvbUv0Cpsrkw1qqp3ZScn8NCJBLZlhJXDlAs-2FHwUfFfxo0-2FPfWWORpBrAdHMi5VjlT-2FMW48jPWzQ-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\">smarturl.it\/SparrowsFailedGods<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band kick off a U.S. tour on June 14, with The Drowned God joining them for the two weeks of dates:<br>June 14 Long Island, NY Shaker&#8217;s Pub<br>June 15 West Haven, CT Crush House<br>June 16 Philadelphia, PA Ortlieb&#8217;s<br>June 17 Falls Chuch, VA VFW 9274<br>June 18 Raleigh, NC Slim&#8217;s<br>June 19 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern<br>June 20 Gainesville, FL Hardback Caf\u00e9<br>June 21 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade<br>June 22 Murfreesboro, TN Media Rerun<br>June 23 St. Louis, MO Bottle &amp; Barrel<br>June 24 Lexington, KY The Green Lantern<br>June 26 Chicago, IL The Owl<br>June 27 Kalamazoo, MI Shakespeare&#8217;s Pub<br>June 29 Buffalo, NY Grindhaus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sparrows, the Toronto-based post-hardcore band have announced their third album,&nbsp;&#8216;Failed Gods,&#8217; on August 9 via Sound Anxiety. 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