Hardcore/Punk Super-group Hesitation Wounds Return with "Paragons of Virtue" from Sophomore Full-length Chicanery (Deathwish Inc.)
Hesitation Wounds is a Hardcore/Punk super-group consisting of current and former members of Touché Amoré, True Cross, Trap Them, The Hope Conspiracy, The Suicide File, Gouge Away, and Axis. Initially formed in 2012, Hesitation Wounds' first incarnation featuring Touché Amoré frontman Jeremy Bolm, Neeraj Kane (The Hope Conspiracy,) Stephen LaCour (True Cross,) and Jay Weinberg—yes, Max Weinberg of The E Street Band & The Max Weinberg 7's son!—quickly released a 4-song self-titled EP on Deathwish Inc.'s sister label, Secret Voice Records, founded by Bolm. Weinberg briefly played with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, as well as Madball & Against Me! and drummed throughout Slipknot's .5: The Gray Chapter (2014) and will be featured on their upcoming album, We Are Not Your Kind; Jay Weinberg played on Hesitation Wounds' 2016 album, Awake for Everything released on 6131 Records, but has, seemingly, left the band as of June 2019. It appears as though, according to a recent Chicanery press release, Hesitation Wounds now features Gouge Away's Thomas "Tommy" Cantwell behind the drumkit. Oddly enough, Jeremy Bolm, actually, co-produced Gouge Away's latest 2018 album, Burnt Sugar, along with Jack Shirley (Deafheaven) for Deathwish Inc.
Not entirely unlike Hesitation Wounds' self-titled 2013 EP, their upcoming sophomore album, Chicanery, was supposedly recorded it a matter of hours over a few short, yet extremely productive days with Zach Tuch (TRASH TALK, Movements.) Chicanery was, then, mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at God City Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege and is promised to be "one of 2019's most poignant and ferocious albums." While Hesitation Wounds' debut EP was issued on frontman Jeremy Bolm's own Deathwish Inc. sub-label, Secret Voice Records, Chicanery will be released under the proper Deathwish umbrella this upcoming Friday, August 30, 2019. Coinciding with the announcement/sheer existence of Hesitation Wounds' Chicanery, Deathwish Inc. has unleashed our first proper pummeling preview of the album with lead single, "Paragons of Virtue." Hesitation Wounds' Chicanery is currently available to pre-order directly from Deathwish Inc. in a number of special formats and exclusive vinyl colorways, including: Clear / Black / White Tri-Color, Clear w/ Black & White Splatter, Standard Black 12-inch LP's, and more. Another final Fun Fact: Hesitation Wounds & Touché Amoré frontman Jeremy Bolm has said his first concert was David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails on their co-headlining 1995-96 Outside US Tour and NIN's 2013 eighth studio album was titled Hesitation Marks, the same year Hesitation Wounds was formed.
HESITATION WOUNDS - "PARAGONS OF VIRTUE" (Lyrics)
"WE'RE OPEN-MINDED, BUT SHORT-SIGHTED
WE EXPECT WHAT WE WANT
WE ALL TRY TO ACT SURPRISED
WHEN IT ALL FALLS APART (THAT'S NO SURPRISE)
WE'RE RESOLUTE, BUT STILL CONFUSED
WE'RE COUNTING THE CARDS
WE'RE ITEMIZED / PRIORITIZED
BY HOW FAR WE CAN FALL
WHILE WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THE GRANDEUR OF STATUES
WE'RE LOST WITHIN OURSELVES, AS WE PLAY TO LOSE
WHILE WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO PARAGONS OF VIRTUE
WE'RE LOST WITHIN OURSELVES, AS WE PLAY TO LOSE
I'M CROSSING MY NAME OFF
I'M TURNING AROUND
I'M DISCONNECTED
BUT GLORY BOUND..."
