Real Friends - Composure (July 13, 2018) Album

1. Me First
2. Stand Steady
3. From The Outside
4. Smiling On The Surface
5. Hear What You Want
6. Unconditional Love
7. Composure
8. Get By
9. Ripcord
10. Take A Hint

 

Real Friends Announce New Album 'Composure,' Premiere Emotive Single 'Smiling On The Surface'

 

From The Outside is a banger, Get By is also pretty solid, new one is just ok

I didn't like the last record at all but I feel like I may dig this one

 

Grabbed the tricolor. There are very few artists I preorder records from anymore, but the three songs that are out are amazing. I mean, they're the second-coming of TSL, so...

 

This record is gonna get them a lot of new fans.

 

Same here. This new song is my favorite so far. Very TSL!

Plus, I feel a need to support these guys bc theyre about 20 minutes away from my hometown.

 

Cool album art too. Cool enough to change my profile pic lol.

 

Smiling on the surface so far is my favorite track they've ever put out as a band.

 

Did not like anything this band put out. From the Outside is a banger and a half.

 

Hopefully now people will start giving this band the respect they deserve.

 

Really like all three songs, Get By being my favorite. I just grabbed the /250 variant, though I wish the /1000 was the /250 because it's GORGEOUS. I think this'll be the record to get me back into the band. Pumped to see them twice at Warped too.

 

yep!

 

who's doing the backing vocals? i feel like there's someone there

 

My friend/former bandmate in City Mouth, Jackie Heuser, did a lot of backing vocals on this album. Not sure if she's on this song specifically but I assume so.

 

probably is.

probably won't check out this album but i listened to the song, it's fine, i respect this band a lot after dan's statements over the last year

 

What did Dan say?

 

he's just said a lot about mental health/respecting women in the scene/making more diverse bills. going to hold him to that, he seems like he wants to make a genuine change

 

Band is improving

 

He also called out Makeout for their misogynistic lyrics.

 

Man From the Outside is so good. Drew said this albums good so I’m excited

 

High hopes for this record. I’ve gotten really into Real Friends over the past year and I think the progression with these last three songs is exactly the direction they need to be headed towards.

 

very much so - the new record is leaps and bounds better than their earlier stuff

 

Who did they go to producer-wise on this? I know Mike Green was involved, and I want to say Andrew Wade & Jeremy McKinnon were as well?

 

in that interview above it sounds like Mike Green produced it all.