Post-emo crew, Hot Mulligan, have announced the upcoming release of their fourth full-length LP. The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still is due out on August 22nd via the Wax Bodega record label. They have also dropped the first single from the record, “And a Big Load,” with its own music video. Catch it below and read more from the band.
Stream “And a Big Load” here: https://go.mhe.fm/hm_andabigload
Pre-order The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still here: https://waxbodega.com/
“And a Big Load” is a bold, punk-infused rager that sets the tone for what listeners can expect from The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still. Fueled by angst and frustration about the positions we put ourselves in, the track is a cathartic, scream-in-your-car first offering.
“It’s the consequences of your own actions. You could face them; you could avoid them entirely,” shares co-vocalist and guitarist Chris Freeman. “Our biggest conflicts and struggles are often self inflicted. Drink too much? Hangover. What did you say last night? Apologize… or don’t. You could commit suicide instead. You could commit to being sober. You could commit to drinking one million beers. At the end of the day it’ll all be left for you to deal with. It’s terrifying.”
In classic Hot Mulligan fashion, the lyrics bluntly capture the difficulty of being painfully self-aware, as the band laments, “Nothing good can come of me, I’m useless.” The accompanying music video, directed by Michael Herrick, captures the track’s perfectly chaotic energy with a high-energy skate park performance. The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still is set to be Hot Mulligan’s most cohesive album yet. In addition to bold riffs and careful sonic nuances, it’s chock full of addressing fears, screaming unfiltered vulnerabilities, and finding solace in the fact that regardless of the uncertainty of the future, we exist in this moment. Despite the subject matter, Hot Mulligan strike a balance between sincerity and humor, and find the light moments of comfort, even when it feels impossible.
“The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still is a lyric reference,” says co-vocalist Tade Sanville. “That lyric is in a song about paranoia, which is fear. With the album title, you can go the meditation route, or, the horror that you are in your body, and you have to exist. You have no choice, really. Even if you plan on killing yourself, right now you exist. And that is a terrifying thing.”
The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still tracklisting:
01 Moving to Bed Bug Island
02 And a Big Load
03 It Smells Like Fudge Axe in Here
04 Island in the Sun (feat. Corey Castro of Free Throw)
05 Bon Jonah
06 This Makes Me Yummy
07 Monica Lewinskibidi
08 Milam Minute
09 Cream of Wheat of Feet New Cream of (feat)
10 Mix Master Wade On The Beat
11 Carbon Monoxide Hotel
12 This Makes Me Yucky
13 Let Me See Your Mounts
14 Monster Burger and a $5 Beer
15 Slumdog Scungillionaire
16 My Dad Told Me To Write a Nice One For Nana So This Is It
On June 4th, the group kicks off what is set to be a monumental remainder of the year. They’re set to embark on a run of intimate shows, hitting Brooklyn, Chicago, Detroit, and more. These shows bookend a performance at Bonnaroo in Tennessee, and will be followed by performances at Pittsburgh’s Four Chord Music Festival and Sea. Hear. Now. Festival in Asbury Park in September. Later in the month, they’ll bring their revered live performances to the UK and Europe as they support Pierce The Veil. A full list of dates can be found below, and fans can purchase tickets here: https://hotmulligan.band/pages/tour
Hot Mulligan 2025 tour dates
June 4 – Elsewhere Rooftop – Brooklyn, NY
June 6 – The Ukie Club – Philadelphia, PA
June 7 – Let’s Go Music Festival – Crownsville, MD
June 9 – Gabe’s – Iowa City, IA
June 10 – Subterranean – Chicago, IL
June 12 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland, OH
June 14 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
June 15 – Ace of Cups – Columbus, OH
June 16 – The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
September 13 – Four Chord Music Festival – Pittsburgh, PA
September 14 – Sea. Hear. Now. Festival – Asbury Park, NJ
September 20 – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland *
September 23 – OVO Arena Wembley – London, United Kingdom *
September 25 – Co-Op Live – Manchester, United Kingdom *
September 26 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, United Kingdom *
September 27 – Utilita Arena Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom *
September 29 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, Netherlands *
October 2 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Dusseldorf, Germany *
October 3 – Zenith – Munich, Germany *
October 4 – Lotto Arena – Antwerp, Belgium *
January 22 – 26 – E.N.D. Cruise – Miami, FL
*Opening for Pierce The Veil
More from Hot Mulligan:
Hot Mulligan, composed of vocalist Tades Sansville, guitarists Chris Freeman and Ryan Malisci, bassist Jonah Kramer, and drummer Jonah Kramer, is a ride-or-die testament to staying true to yourself. When the emo band formed in 2014 and cut their teeth playing house shows and naming songs by closing their eyes and typing into auto-correct on their phones, no one expected they’d be selling out thousand-cap venues, one of their scene’s most respected bands a decade later. But as the band readies their phenomenal fourth LP The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still, that’s exactly where they’re at. Hot Mulligan is a resounding success story, the #1 Hot New Band (11 years running, just ask them), and ready to keep fighting the good fight. Since 2018’s Pilot put Hot Mulligan on the map, they’ve been streamed over 140 million times on Spotify, and toured with sonic forefathers like The Wonder Years and Jimmy Eat World. For Hot Mulligan, the new LP is a white-knuckled affirmation of everything they stand for.
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