- 2025-02-05
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MUSIC
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Push Puppets Announces New Album “Tethered Together”, Shares New Song “All Together On 3”
American indie pop-rock band Push Puppets, consisting of Erich Specht (vocals/guitar), Steve Frisbie (guitar), Kyle Magnusson (keyboards), John William Lauler (bass) and Greg Essig (drums), is back.
The band has announced their upcoming fourth studio album “Tethered Together” will be released on May 16, 2025 via Flowering Tree Music.
The new album is the first body of work in three years since the 2022 album “Allegory Grey”.
From the album, the band released the first single called “All Together On 3” on February 4, 2025.
The band recorded the song with string quartet. The track has a timeless quality, tinged with a touch of melancholic reflection.
It was written by Erich M Specht and produced by Doug McBride.
The band frontman Erich Specht said of the song, “I think 'All Together On 3' paints a pretty vivid picture of someone needing help out of a tough situation. This one was very satisfying to see fully realized. It has some math rock moments like phrases and patterns of different lengths keeping things interesting.”- The new album features a strong groove with lush harmonies, angular guitars, dramatic keyboards, and a dynamic rhythm section.
Also, most songs on the album feature a string quartet, while one song includes a horn section.
Erich Specht said of the album, “Once it was decided that strings would be on the album, the sound took an interesting twist. At places where I might normally put a guitar hook, I was now composing bold phrases for the live string quartet that the vocal or lead guitar could interact with.” -
He continued, “This album offers a nod to the artistic excesses of the 70s, whether it's a wall of phased vocals or a moment where guitars and strings rip a quick line together between phrases. The tracks are widely varied yet cohesive - and within a given song, you're likely to be taken elsewhere.”
Photo by Gintas Zaranka - source : Apple Music
