Charlotte punks Dollar Signs have announced a new album, Legend Tripping. They crowdfunded it earlier this year, and it’s coming out on October 27 via self-release (pre-order). The first single is “Bless Your Heart,” a big, anthemic, punky rock song fleshed by ska-tinged horns, a Thin Lizzy-style guitar solo, and ragged hooks that sound like a cross between Titus Andronicus and Jeff Rosenstock. “This song really showed us that we could pull off doing a big ass rock-n-roll guitar record,” songwriter Erik Button says.
“This song is about the ways we try to fill that big ol’ hole in ourselves and how a lot of people think they have the answer of how to cement that fucker closed but I’m not sure there is a simple solution to it,” he continues. “Healing is hard, nonlinear and painful but worthwhile. It’s a messy business but hopefully a harmonized guitar solo can mend at least the corners of your tear.”
The album overall was inspired by growing up in the South, of which Erik adds, “It was really important for me to think carefully about the subject matter. I didn’t want to approach this topic with rose-colored glasses, but also the south gets shit on constantly and I did want to reflect that good people do live here, good things happen here. It’s beautiful here and people live freely and joyfully here in spite of the systems of horror baked into our infrastructure.”
Check out “Bless Your Heart” and its video below. Dollar Signs also have a tour coming up starting at The Fest and the poster for that is below as well.
Tracklist
1. Can’t Go Home Again
2. Bless Your Heart
3. Old Times’ Sake
4. Fight Or Flight
5. RESONATOR!
6. East Of The Rockies
7. Legend Tripping
8. C.V.S.M.
9. Patterson-Gimlin
10. Nuclear Family
11. Eastover
