Pop punk artist, Ray Hawthorne, has just let loose his latest single, “And the Horse You Rode in On.” The track marks the beginning of a new chapter, as Hawthorne has also announced that his sophomore record, Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real, is due out on August 14th. Check out the single below and read more.
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With his heart on his sleeve as he nears the release of his sophomore record, Ray Hawthorne cuts through the noise:
“Have you ever been so pissed off that you wrote a whole series of songs and then deleted most of them because they included too much personal information about the person you were pissed off at but then one of them was actually pretty fun so you released it? No? Just me? Cool. Well. That’s my story. Listen to it if you want a first hand perspective on feeling like you’re getting back at someone but in all actuality you’re just pretending you’re both still cool with each other for some reason. Or just like… turn your brain off and have fun because I say the F word a lot in the chorus.”
Coming off his debut album, Ray Hawthorne Sucks, and a string of singles that blurred the lines between self-deprecation and self-destruction, “And the Horse You Rode in On” sets the tone for yet another brash, bold, and unfiltered era. Wrestling with identity, burned bridges, late night regrets, and the very real possibility that Ray Hawthorne is just a guy screaming into the void (and somehow making it sound catchy), Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real finds Hawthorne loud, petty and deeply cathartic.
Renowned for his work in North Kingsley, the acclaimed project alongside Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down, Hawthorne initially captured hearts as the Heartbreak Hero with his inaugural solo release “Heartbreak Feels Good in a Place Like This”. Building on his solo work, his debut record Ray Hawthorne Sucks further cemented his status as a bold new voice in pop punk, quickly amassing a devoted following and over 15 million streams across all streaming platforms for his magnetic charm and razor-sharp wit.
Picking up where his debut record, Ray Hawthorne Sucks, left off, the upcoming sophomore record captures the raw energy of late-night confessionals and the polished punch of modern pop punk. Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real is an invitation to embrace the chaos, laugh at the pain, and maybe, just maybe, find a little redemption along the way.
Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real tracklisting:
01 Come Ruin My Life Real Quick
02 Giving a Duck
03 Bath Salt Cigarettes
04 Call This Quits
05 Lately
06 I Don’t Hate You
07 Real to You
08 Shake
09 Tell Me You’re Okay
10 Do Something
11 And the Horse You Rode in On
12 The Girl With the Fake Hair
13 About Last Night
14 Melt Down
15 The Reel You
More from Ray Hawthorne:
“Do you remember that episode of Degrassi where Ashley really wants Craig to tell her he loves her, but Craig gets all panicked and can’t tell her that he does? It causes so much drama in their relationship. She begins to question her feelings for him and because of that, he becomes seemingly unsure of his feelings for her. So, in an effort to quell the bad vibes, Craig writes a song that includes lyrics “Implicitly And Explicitly” stating that he loves her. (Total banger by the way, the only song of his I like better is the one he sings at the battle of the bands after the two inevitably break up, it’s also about Ashley. I believe it’s called ‘What I Know’) Anyway, Craig was only able to admit he loved Ashley in song form, but you as the viewer are left wondering ‘Does he really love her, or was this just his solution to end the drama?’ Or, ’Is this truly the only way he can express himself because he’s kind of nervous about speaking his true feelings outside of the structured environment of a song?’. I tend to believe it’s a mixture of both. So what I’m trying to say is, this collection of songs is kind of like that. I always feel like I have so much to say but often feel a bit too vulnerable when discussing my actual feelings. So for the majority of my life, I’ve just written them into songs instead. These songs can be quite vulnerable even if they seem silly at times. So now you’re left to wonder… am I telling the truth or just trying to get rid of Ashley’s bad vibes?”
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