Bearings have released their new single, “Live Forever Never Die”, taken from their upcoming album, The Best Part About Being Human. The upcoming album, out August 18th via Pure Noise Records, features the most tightly honed songwriting of Bearings’ near-decade career, instantly nostalgic for sweaty summer festivals and finger-pointed singalongs while serving as a clear indication of where the pop-punk genre is headed. Produced by Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, Between You & Me), the album is available for pre-order now.
Speaking about the new track, the band explains, “’Live Forever Never Die’ is a song that us felt like the perfect mix of the big chorus and vibey versus. Hoping to live forever in warm weather and taking in the little things like the water wrapping around your legs. Less of literally living forever but rather living forever in a moment.”
“The Best Part About Being Human is being alive and the second best part is writing an upbeat and exciting record with your brothers in a small house in North Hollywood,” says the band. “This record was us figuring out what we really wanted to play live, what got us excited, and I think we found that.”
Centering the most elemental, essential qualities of their musicianship without falling into the kid-in-a-candy-store trappings that bog down so many artists, Bearings’ third album for Pure Noise, The Best Part About Being Human, is the sort of record that begs to be played loudly, the sounds of sunny SoCal filtered through the lens of the Great White North.
“We just wanted to make a fun record,” says vocalist Dougie Cousins. “Sometimes when an album is so thought out, it’s got to be as good as American Idiot or it comes off as trying too hard. I think we did new things without sending it into outer space. To me, this record sounds like how I felt when I was in grade 10 listening to blink-182: not too serious, just a good time and able to open up a little circle pit. I think we succeeded in writing songs we can play in a basement or in front of 2,000 people.”
Bearings will be hitting the road with Just Friends, Young Culture, and Youth Fountain on The Alive And Loud Tour. All dates can be found below.
September 15 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest*
September 16 – Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary
September 17 – Toronto, CA – The Opera House
September 19 – Montréal, CA – Théâtre Fairmount
September 20 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
September 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
September 23 – New York, NY – Racket NYC
September 24 – Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom (Crystal Restaurant)
September 26 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
September 27 – Syracuse, NY – The Song and Dance
September 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Enclave
September 30 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
October 1 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
October 3 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
October 4 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
October 6 – Dallas, TX – Lone Star Room Dallas
October 7 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
October 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
October 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
October 13 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
October 15 – Berkeley, CA – The Cornerstone
October 17 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
October 18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
October 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
October 21 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
*Festival Appearance