Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power (January 1, 2023) Album • Page 25

"Additional Vocals by Steven Branstrom, Ali Mosshart, Andy Nelson"

Is that Alison Mosshart from Discount and the Dead Weather?

 

Worth paying something just for the lyrics that are available on the site

 

yea I know we don’t really talk about BN anymore for valid reasons but the opener reminded me of Daisy for sure

 

liking the second half a lot more than the first, maybe i just wasn’t fully awake

 

Just going off of lyrics from Goodnight Tomb, but hey could very well be the case.

 

Yes

 

Fireworks Just Surprise-Released Their New Album: Stream It & Read Our Interview

 

If the vinyl goes on sale and sells out before I get paid I think I’ll have a breakdown haha

Excited that the lyrics are up, another night time listen for me

 

Up for $0 or more on bandcamp if anyone wants to toss them some money or just get a high quality download

 

Exceeds all my expectations.

Megachurch, Funeral Plant, Machines Kept You Alive, Veins in David's Hand - too many good tracks on here

 

Had no expectations for this, but enjoying it a lot. It I didn’t know any better I’d have thought this was a totally different band also named Fireworks after that first song

 

Press release:

Fireworks are back! The Detroit-based group have kicked off the new year with the surprise release of their first new album in nine years, Higher Lonely Power. Out now via the band's own Funeral Plant Collective, Higher Lonely Power is a sweeping statement that pushes Fireworks' trademark hooks and immediacy into bold new territory.

In an in-depth interview with the band, Stereogum praised the new record, saying, "Rendering their thinking person’s pop-punk in widescreen with string sections, choral arrangements, expansive post-rock song structures, and juddering breakbeats, Higher Lonely Power builds on Fireworks’ impressive catalog rather than writing it out of their history."

Listen to Higher Lonely Power everywhere:
lnk.to/HigherLonelyPower

Read about Higher Lonely Power on Stereogum:
https://www.stereogum.com/2209202/fireworks-higher-lonely-power/music/

Higher Lonely Power is Fireworks' first full-length since 2014's Oh, Common Life, and directly follows their 2019 single "Demitasse" which was the first sign of their impending new record. Guitarist Chris Mojan discussed the long road to the album saying, "We appreciate the opportunity to create together and continued to do so during our hiatus, regardless of name and outlet. Higher Lonely Power gave us the chance to be selfish and self expressive, without the pressure or expectation that comes from playing in a band. We just needed to work through some personal things first, good and bad."

The album's 12 songs find the group continuing their ambitious streak, delving into a broad range of sounds without sacrificing their knack for massive melodies. Vocalist David Mackinder's soaring voice creates a striking cohesion throughout Higher Lonely Power as the band taps into biting post-hardcore, widescreen indie rock, driving guitar pop, and more. It's a vibrant and compelling return that's sure to please longtime fans and new listeners alike.

released on their own label -

 

RFC just handling the vinyl pressings I guess then?

 

Megachurch holy shit.

 

What a start to 2023. Just starting my second listen and honestly, it's so good to hear them play again. I love where they've gone musically, very into the synths and strings. Immediate standouts: I Want to Start a Religion With You, Funeral Plant, Blood in the Milk.

A little sad to not have Demitasse nestled somewhere on this album, I've been listening to that pretty consistently since they released it and it still hasn't lost any of its magic.

 

Oh duh LOL… don’t know how I didn’t catch that!

 

This is massive. Anyone else getting some block party-esque flourishes on here? Love the evolution on this one

 

Certainly not a record 21 year old me would "get" but what that 30 year old me definitely does.

 

Amen to that.

 

First listen was driving home at 3 am lol, first impressions were: very good album, heavy, intro is crazy, some standouts in both halves, the closer is beautiful

 

I’m so tired and hung over and the first song brought me back to life holy shit

 

Yeah the art is extremely similar and opener definitely reminds me of Vices.

 

Thought the same

 

Absolutely in love with this record.

 

God Approved Insurance Plan, Megachurch, Machines Kept You Alive, Veins in David’s Hand are fantastic.

Have had all four percolating in my brain since listening yesterday. When Demitasse was released I had to sit down and learn it on guitar immediately; just did the same with Machines. Both are such interesting progressions.