Over the weekend, United Kingdom-based band ROAM unveiled the music video for their brand new track, “Deadweight.” In addition to the new music which features Set Your Goal’s Matt Wilson, the band also confirmed some important information about their debut record. Their debut record will be titled Backbone and is set to be released on Jan. 22 through Hopeless Records.
“We always felt like an album had to really make a statement or it wasn’t worth doing. Production, sound, songwriting – everything needs to make a significant step up or it’s just another release, nothing special,” frontman Alex Adam explained to Kerrang! during a recent interview.
“There are a few songs on the album that we wouldn’t have been confident enough to write or put out as our younger selves. It took a lot of time for us to make that transition and I think Backbone is a word that signifies that. Doing something and being confident about it, despite any risk involved. It’s a lyric in one of the songs on the album and I think it resonates with what we felt we needed during the writing period.”
Check out the music which features the band go all army as they search for that person who left a negative comment on their music video.
Pre-orders for Backbone are currently available on iTunes. For those who pre-order the album, they will receive an instant download of “Deadweight.”
ROAM is schedule to perform at this year’s Van Warped Tour UK on Oct. 18 at the Alexandra Palace in London. After that, they will return stateside where they will hit the road with Handguns. The tour will begin on Nov. 10 at The Middle East in Boston and wrap up on Dec. 19 at The Studio in New York. The complete list of tour dates can be seen below.
Nov 10 – Boston, MA – The Middle East
Nov 11 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
Nov 12 – Buffalo, NY – The Waiting Room
Nov 13 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
Nov 14 – Chicago, IL – The Beat Kitchen
Nov 15 – Detroit, MI – The Shelter
Nov 17 – Columbus, OH – Double Happiness
Nov 18 – Indianapolis, IN – Hoosier Dome
Nov 19 – St. Louis, MO – The Demo
Nov 21 – Colorado Springs, CO -The Black Sheep
Nov 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Nov 24 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Nov 25 – Portland, OR – Analog Theater
Nov 27 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Nov 28 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
Nov 29 – San Diego, CA – Voodoo Room
Dec 1 – Henderson, NV – Eagle Aerie Hall
Dec 2 – Mesa, AZ – The Underground
Dec 4 – Fort Worth, TX – Tom Cats
Dec 5 – Austin, TX – TBD
Dec 6 – Houston, TX – Walters
Dec 8 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Dec 9 – Tampa, FL – Epic Problem
Dec 11 – Margate, FL – O’Malley’s
Dec 12 – Orlando, FL – Backbooth
Dec 13 – Jacksonville, FL – Burro Bar
Dec 15 – Winston-Salem, NC – Ziggy’s
Dec 16 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
Dec 17 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
Dec 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Voltage Lounge
Dec 19 – New York, NY – The Studio
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