Dispatch have released the final two tracks from Phase 2, the second piece of their multi-part release series that began with Phase 1 in the fall. The two new songs are titled "Connie Hawkins" and "Silent Type."
The Phase series will culminated in the release of the band's eighth studio record in 2021. Four tracks from the record have already been released: "May We All," "All This Time," "As Old As I" and "One By One"
According to a press release, "the band’s new music blends infectious roots rock with hints of reggae, folk and blues, and the production is suitably lean and energetic, leaving plenty of space for some of the group’s most pointed political lyrics to date. The result is a timely and essential collection of songs from a band still breaking new ground two and a half decades into its storied career, an ode to resilience and survival that manages to find hope and joy on even the darkest of days."
“Everyone in this country has been facing some kind of turmoil these last four years,” said Chadwick Stokes via press release. “As fathers of young kids who worry about what kind of world we’re leaving behind, as people who’ve lost family and friends to suicide and addiction, as bandmates navigating this transition from trio to duo, I think that feeling of everything being in flux was particularly acute for Brad and me. Writing’s always been the way we’ve made sense of the world, though, so that’s what we did.”
“We wanted to walk people through the feelings of sadness and anger and loss we’ve all been experiencing lately and take them to the other side," added Brad Corrigan. "We wanted to deliver them to a place where they’re wiser and more compassionate, a place where they’re kinder and more unified, a place where they’re ready to truly protect and care for each other.”
Listen to the new tracks here!
