Sum 41 are currently revving up to the release of their next record 13 Voices, and they've just shared another cut from the upcoming album.
Following the meme-mining "Fake My Own Death" video, the band have unveiled a clip for a track called "War." The visuals are decidedly darker than the previous effort, opting instead to showcase the band performing amidst the rubble of a plane crash.
Frontman Deryck Whibley explained the meaning of the track in a statement, which reads:
so we have officially picked the first single now. this song is called "war". i picked this song because of it's importance to me. i feel this song literally saved my life. i was at my absolute lowest point of what seemed like a never ending recovery. i was at a tipping point where i could have easily just given up and went back to my old ways of alcohol abuse which would've ended up killing me, which at the time felt like a better option. when all of a sudden, in mid thought, these lyrics sort of appeared in my head and i grabbed a pencil and paper instead of a bottle and started writing. when i read it back to myself i realized i had written words that i would need to live up to if i wanted to survive. whenever i had any thoughts of giving up i would read these lyrics myself to remind me that i need to keep fighting harder and what it was exactly i was fighting for.
The band will embark on the "Don't Call It a Sum-Back Tour" this fall, and you can find full details about the upcoming North American shows here. 13 Voices is due out on October 7 through Hopeless Records.
For now, watch the video for "War" below.
Following the meme-mining "Fake My Own Death" video, the band have unveiled a clip for a track called "War." The visuals are decidedly darker than the previous effort, opting instead to showcase the band performing amidst the rubble of a plane crash.
Frontman Deryck Whibley explained the meaning of the track in a statement, which reads:
so we have officially picked the first single now. this song is called "war". i picked this song because of it's importance to me. i feel this song literally saved my life. i was at my absolute lowest point of what seemed like a never ending recovery. i was at a tipping point where i could have easily just given up and went back to my old ways of alcohol abuse which would've ended up killing me, which at the time felt like a better option. when all of a sudden, in mid thought, these lyrics sort of appeared in my head and i grabbed a pencil and paper instead of a bottle and started writing. when i read it back to myself i realized i had written words that i would need to live up to if i wanted to survive. whenever i had any thoughts of giving up i would read these lyrics myself to remind me that i need to keep fighting harder and what it was exactly i was fighting for.
The band will embark on the "Don't Call It a Sum-Back Tour" this fall, and you can find full details about the upcoming North American shows here. 13 Voices is due out on October 7 through Hopeless Records.
For now, watch the video for "War" below.