{"id":32050,"date":"2019-09-12T12:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32050"},"modified":"2019-09-10T08:46:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:46:43","slug":"have-a-nice-life-announce-new-album-sea-of-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32050","title":{"rendered":"Have A Nice Life announce new album, &#8216;Sea of Worry&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Enigmatic post-punk duo\u00a0Have A Nice Life\u00a0have announced the follow-up to their 2014 album\u00a0&#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcdn2.net\/064bfeeuyjacaehbebazawwmazawjbu\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Unnatural World<\/a>&#8216;. On the new LP titled\u00a0&#8216;Sea of Worry,&#8217; Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga have revived their unrelenting, stark sound with seven new tracks. The album\u2019s first single, its title track, calls upon all the hallmarks of\u00a0Have A Nice Life\u2019s inimitable sound\u2014driving percussion, tempestuous vocals, and reverb-soaked guitar leads. Take a listen 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\/gLkxcoEPcMc?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<p>Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga formed\u00a0Have A Nice Life\u00a0in the early aughts while studying at the University of Massachusetts. Bonded by the goal of creating \u201coddly aggressive acoustic songs,\u201d they spent five years tinkering with their anguished 2008 debut\u00a0&#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcdn2.net\/512a4eeuyhanaehbebapawwmatawjbu\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\">Deathconsciousness<\/a>&#8216;. The world would wait until 2014 for the LP\u2019s follow-up, titled\u00a0&#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcdn2.net\/8aec0eeuywavaehbebatawwmagawjbu\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Unnatural World<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0that cemented the band\u2019s place in the experimental canon.\u00a0Following up an anniversary performance of\u00a0&#8216;Deathconsciouness&#8217;\u00a0at\u00a0Roadburn Festival\u00a0in The Netherlands,\u00a0Have A Nice Life\u00a0are\u00a0ready to gift the world with new material in the form of\u00a0&#8216;Sea of Worry&#8217;.\u00a0Comprised of ideas both new and old, the album tackles the cataclysmic change and, yes, unrelenting worry that colors Barrett\u2019s and Macuga\u2019s lives. More concise and perhaps more straightforward than their past releases,\u00a0Have A Nice Life\u00a0have\u00a0found new focus and discipline on\u00a0&#8216;Sea of Worry&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Sea of Worry&#8217;&nbsp;will be released via&nbsp;The Flenser&nbsp;on November 8th, 2019. Preorders are available&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcdn2.net\/90341eeuyqaxaehbebaaawwmatawjbu\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Enigmatic post-punk duo\u00a0Have A Nice Life\u00a0have announced the follow-up to their 2014 album\u00a0&#8216;The Unnatural World&#8216;. On the new LP titled\u00a0&#8216;Sea of Worry,&#8217; Dan Barrett and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32050\" title=\"Have A Nice Life announce new album, &#8216;Sea of Worry&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Have A Nice Life announce new album, 'Sea of Worry'","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[8423,8424],"class_list":["post-32050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-have-a-nice-life","tag-sea-of-worry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/80ww_HANL2019EmilyVanGraafeilandpage001.jpg?fit=453%2C464&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8kW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27547,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27547","url_meta":{"origin":32050,"position":0},"title":"Grace Vonderkuhn shares new track &#8216;Worry&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Grace Vonderkuhn is currently working on the release of her debut full length album, slated to drop in early 2018. 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