‘Sea of Worry’ will be released via The Flenser on November 8th, 2019.

More concise and perhaps more straightforward than their past releases, Have A Nice Life have found new focus and discipline on ‘Sea of Worry’.

The Connecticut duo’s new single arrived Tuesday along with the. The world would wait until 2014 for the LP’s follow-up, titled ‘ The Unnatural World‘ that cemented the band’s place in the experimental canon. Following up an anniversary performance of ‘Deathconsciouness’ at Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands, Have A Nice Life are ready to gift the world with new material in the form of ‘Sea of Worry’. Comprised of ideas both new and old, the album tackles the cataclysmic change and, yes, unrelenting worry that colors Barrett’s and Macuga’s lives. The five-year silence from Have a Nice Life has ended, and filling its place is the gothic bliss of Sea of Worry. Bonded by the goal of creating “oddly aggressive acoustic songs,” they spent five years tinkering with their anguished 2008 debut ‘ Deathconsciousness‘. Meanwhile, they continued to manage their Enemies List label, releasing like-minded albums that catered to their brand of doom rock. “Sea of Worry” indicates a more conventional songwriting direction, with a shorter run time than past songs allowing less room for ambient dabbling.Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga formed Have A Nice Life in the early aughts while studying at the University of Massachusetts. The album doubled down on the noise and goth sides of Have a Nice Life's sound and was well-received by their fervent fan base. The new record is expected to be more disciplined and straightforward than Have a Nice Life’s past releases-breaking from the “dark ambient” approach established in their acclaimed apocalyptic debut, Deathconsciousness, which has since become a cult classic in goth-rock. The track opens with an upbeat, surf-rock tempo-uncharacteristic for Have a Nice Life, who’ve crafted their music around slow burners-but the first wave of swirling guitars brings back the bleary haze of their familiar sound.Īcross the arid soundscape of “Sea of Worry,” singer Dan Barrett’s sharp vocals pierce through the layers of noise with the confession, “I’m still my father’s son, only ever looking out for number one,” followed by a few howls of desperation for good measure. The five-year silence from Have a Nice Life has ended, and filling its place is the gothic bliss of “Sea of Worry.” The Connecticut duo’s new single arrived Tuesday along with the announcement of their third album, Sea of Worry, and if the song gives any indication of the project it’s part of, then more cathartic darkness lies ahead.

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