Cleveland punk trio Heart Attack Man is back with their fourth full-length album, Joyride The Pale Horse. The new record includes the heavy-hitting singles “The Gallows,” “Spit,” “Laughing Without Smiling,” and the title track, which is out now as a brand-new music video.
Singer and guitarist Eric Egan says the album deals with life, death, and the meaning in between. “We feel the urgency that comes with an awareness of death,” he shares. “It pumps through this entire record.” Still, he adds, “it’s with great pleasure that we share our fourth record with the world.”
Joyride The Pale Horse was recorded with producer Brett Romnes in New Jersey. The band took inspiration from groups like Hum, Failure, and Type O Negative. The result is a mix of loud guitar riffs, thick distortion, and sharp lyrics. The songs move between fast rhythms and slower, emotional parts, showing how much the band has grown.
In “Spit,” Eric screams against a future full of machines. He sings, “Kill me and replace me with a hologram.” The song questions how A.I. may change creativity and art. Meanwhile, “Laughing Without Smiling” mixes acoustic sounds with a catchy chorus. “The Gallows” brings in dark humor with a lyric like “Happy graduation from the gallows! You made it.”
The video for “Joyride The Pale Horse” feels both strange and fun, matching the song’s surreal lyrics: “Joyride the pale horse, I’ve got a secret handshake with Elvis.”
Fans won’t have to wait long to hear these new songs live. Heart Attack Man will tour Australia and the UK this spring before returning to North America for a headline tour. Their Joyride The U.S. & Toronto & Also Vancouver tour kicks off June 4 in Pittsburgh, with stops in major cities like Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Special guests on the tour include The Dirty Nil, carpool, and Dear Seattle.
Tickets and vinyl are available now at heartattackman.com.
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Upcoming North American Tour Dates:
6/4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
6/5 – Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
6/7 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground **
6/8 – Albany, NY @ Empire Underground
6/10 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
6/11 – Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall
6/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Meadows
6/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry at The Fillmore
6/16 – Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall
6/17 – Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club
6/19 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
6/20 – Greenville, SC @ The Radio Room
6/21 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
6/22 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
6/24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
6/25 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
6/27 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
6/28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
6/29 – Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall
7/8 – Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
7/9 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
7/10 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
7/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line **
7/12 – Rapid City, SD @ Aby’s Rapid City
7/13 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
7/16 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
7/18 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
7/20 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
7/21 – Denver, CO @ Marquis
7/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
7/24 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
7/25 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
7/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
7/27 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
7/29 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
7/30 – Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone Berkeley
7/31 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
8/1 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room Highland Park
8/2 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater
8/4 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
8/5 – Dallas, TX @ RBC
8/6 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
8/8 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live
8/9 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall