NYHC veterans Shutdown returned last year with the Still… Against All Odds EP–which features re-recordings of songs from 1998’s Against All Odds and marked their first release in over 20 years–and now they announced an EP of entirely new material, By Your Side, due January 17 via Equal Vision (pre-order). The EP’s release coincides with the band’s 30th anniversary, and the lead single/title track puts a slightly more melodic spin on the classic Shutdown sound, while taking on the heavy topic of suicide prevention and mental health education. It comes with a video directed by The Jerry Farley and you can check that out below.
Addressing the band’s recent comeback, guitarist Steve Della Croce says, “We never officially broke up. We needed to stop touring, and we started doing a few other things. We all tried to play when we could, but it wasn’t consistent. A couple of us had side projects going so we could keep playing, and we would write some Shutdown songs once in a while, but we realized we needed a plan of what we wanted to do and what the band should sound like. We’ve talked a lot over the past couple of years about how we’ve evolved and grown as musicians and songwriters, and we wanted everyone to hear what we were talking about.”
Tracklist
Our Time
By Your Side
Untouchable
Is This The End
Another Day
What Are You Thinking