Too Close To Touch have released “Novocaine“, the final single taken from their upcoming final album, For Keeps today. Featuring guest vocals and production from Bad Omens frontman Noah Sebastian, “Novocaine” is a beautiful tribute to Noah and Keaton’s friendship. Listen to the song now below.
Over more than ten years and two full-length releases, the band continuously earned praise for their skillful musicianship and intricate arrangements that highlight each member’s technical ability. The glue that held them together throughout it all was beloved frontman Keaton Pierce, who met his untimely death in 2022. Out this Friday, March 8th, For Keeps is the final keepsake of Keaton for the band and fans.
“ ‘For Keeps’ is our last gift to the Too Close To Touch community,” guitarist Mason Marble explains. “We would never have existed without Keaton and will not exist without him in the future.”
“To be able to give it closure is a blessing,” drummer Kenny Downey continues. “To have this much of him left, his lyrics and emotions captured… not a lot of people have that.”
A play on one of Keaton’s many nicknames (“Keeps”), the band reveals that ‘For Keeps’ is the final keepsake for themselves and fans. Encouraging listeners to “keep close and let the record change them in whatever way they let it,” this last catalog entry ensures the preservation of Keaton’s legacy.
Last fall the band unearthed single “Hopeless” in observance of Keaton’s birthday. It was also their first posthumous offering of the late frontman, featuring vocals from The World Alive’s Telle Smith. “Sourced from a library of unfinished and unreleased material,” Too Close To Touch dip back into that untapped library in For Keeps, honoring Keaton for the powerhouse vocalist, frontman and lyricist that he was.