THE USED Release New Song + Music Video "Cry"
THE USED Release New Song + Music Video "Cry"
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Imaginary Enemy To Release on April 1st Pre-Orders Now Available on iTunes: bit.ly/1lhbv3c
Los Angeles, CA - January 27, 2014 -The Used has released a new single and music video for "Cry" off their upcoming album, "Imaginary Enemy," set to release on April 1st, 2014. Watch the music video here: bit.ly/1n7ZL1l. Album pre-orders are now available on iTunes here: bit.ly/1lhbv3c. "Imaginary Enemy," produced by the acclaimed John Feldmann,is the band's sixth studio full-length, following the success of 2012's "Vulnerable," which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, selling 32,000 copies in its first week alone and marking the group's fourth top 10 album. Through his dark, cinematic storytelling, "Cry" music video director, Gus Black (Deftones, Atlas Genius) sends the viewer on a journey that guarantees to you fully captivate you until the video's very last frame.
"Do we ever truly recognize moments of life altering change?" asks The Used frontman, Bert McCracken, "And does a glimpse of true recognition ever move to solidify the fleeting moments of life that pass us by? What does it mean to live forever in the eternal now? How can we, as human beings, avoid the serfdom of the philosophical concept of 'future'? Before it is too late we must learn to love the precious present with all of the fury and passion life has allowed us. Understanding that it is exactly what we do with our tragedy to inspire others with theirs, that makes us the people we are. In the words of the great Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:- "The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk." Please enjoy our new song 'Cry'."
The Used-which also includes guitarist Quinn Allman, bassist Jeph Howard and drummer Dan Whitesides formed in Orem, Utah in 2001, signing to Reprise Records that same year. Championed by producer and collaborator John Feldmann, the band issued their gold-certified Self-Titled debut in 2002, quickly cementing the Used as leaders among the post-hardcore elite, thanks in part to unforgettable singles like "Box Full of Sharp Objects," "The Taste of Ink," "Blue And Yellow" and "Buried Myself Alive." The band then released the CD/DVD combo "Maybe Memories" in 2003, now certified platinum, featuring B-sides, live cuts, demos and unreleased tracks, while still another gold record followed-2004's "In Love And Death"-spawning singles "Take It Away," "I Caught Fire" and "All That I've Got" - which earned the band their first MuchMusic Video Award nomination.
The band's second MuchMusic Video Award nomination came from 2007's "Lies For The Liars," for the music video for "The Bird and The Worm." Lies For The Liars hit #5 on the Billboard Top 200, led to 2009's "Artwork," which peaked at #10 on the Billboard Top 200. As if that weren't enough to keep a band busy, since 2001 the Used has also destroyed countless stages the world over, touring with a who's who of modern rock and heavy music contemporaries, and have been featured acts at major festivals like Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Ozzfest, Projekt Revolution and the UK's Reading and Leeds festivals.
2011 marked a year of change for The Used. Leaving Reprise Records, their label of ten years, the band formed their own label, Anger Music Group, which they have independently released 2012's studio album "Vulnerable" and an EP "The Ocean of the Sky" in 2013. A band that has never shied away from using their music as a platform to ask the tough questions and evoke political conversation, The Used brings that passion tenfold on "Imaginary Enemy." A palpable sense of the band's commitment, frustration, and optimism for the future lies at the very core of each track.
