Rochester band Carpool have shared a new single, “Car,” off of their upcoming album My Life In Subtitles. The album is set to release March 22 via Side One Dummy. They’ve announced their new album back in November with their anthemic PUP meets Weezer track “Can We Just Get High?” My Life In Subtitles was recorded with Jay Zubricky.
Presave My Life In Subtitles here.
“Car” shows Carpool embracing hardcore whilst leaning into the heavier side of their work. Combined with the signature Carpool riffs, Stoph Colaasanto’s screams ring out before the dizzying climax.
Stoph Colasanto on “Car”:
“I’ve always kind of felt like our music was seen at times as too heavy for the pop kids and too poppy for the heavy kids. It would kind of annoy me when we would get labeled as screamo because, I mean, we’re clearly not screamo. I grew up on so many different genres of music but heavier music always hit home for me, and there’s for sure heavier influences in a lot of our tracks. But I think I got so tired of my high school and college homies, coworkers, and parents friends calling us screamo that we were like, ‘Okay, fuck it, you wanna know what it would sound like if we were really heavy? Say that then.’”
Tommy Eckerson on “Car”:
“I like to try and sneak chromaticism into our songs sometimes given how melodic the structure usually is. It’s fun to try and create that tension. In the case of this song, we started chromatic, and it translated immediately to a heavier sound. After we agreed on the structure the song was fated to be as heavy as possible, and that’s where we decided to take it.”
Carpool have also announced that they will be on tour with Free Throw and Youth Fountain this spring. There will also be more dates to come later in the year.
Carpool Tour Dates:
March 21: Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall*
March 23: Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar*
March 24: Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall*
April 4: Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi*
April 5: Toledo, OH @ Frankies Inner City*
April 6: Grand Rapids, MI @ Four Star Theatre*
April 7: Akron, OH @ Musica*
May 21: Washington, DC @ DC9**
May 23: Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom**
May 24: Philadelphia, PA @ Foto Club**
May 25: Brooklyn, NY @ Sultan Room**
May 26: Pittsburgh, PA @ Drafthouse**
May 28: Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place**
May 30: Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground**
May 31: Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary**
June 1: Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s**
June 2: Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge**
* : Free Throw, Charmer, Super American
** : Youth Fountain, Action/Adventure
