Plain White T‘s have shared their newest single ‘Purple Flags’ and have introduced their self-titled ninth studio album.
‘Purple Flags’ marks the fourth single launched from the upcoming LP. It follows ‘Would You Even’, ‘Spaghetti Tattoo‘ and ‘Comfortable’. Talking of the monitor in a press launch, the band’s frontman Tom Higgenson mentioned: “I used to be relationship somebody and it was going so effectively however in some situations, I used to be like, ‘Wait does this lady actually care? Is she giving me the alerts that this isn’t working?’”
He continued: “Generally you get so misplaced in love and all the great stuff you ignore the dangerous issues and that’s what ‘Purple Flags’ is. I’m daydreaming about her however there are all these crimson flags that I’m ignoring.”
Their forthcoming self-titled album marks their first full-length launch since 2018’s ‘Parallel Universe’. “We have been attempting to hark again to sounds we’ve used up to now with a freshness,” Higgenson mentioned whereas discussing the ‘Plain White T’s’ in a press launch.
He continued: “This one got here from a very genuine place of understanding who we’re and what we do. I’m extra excited than I’ve been in a very long time. As musicians, we’re all the time attempting to outdo ourselves or go someplace we haven’t gone earlier than. In some way, we found out the way to go to a contemporary spot and nonetheless sound like Plain White T’s.”
‘Plain White T’s’ is ready for launch on November 17 by way of Fearless Information. Pre-order the album right here.
Plain White T’s self-titled LP monitor checklist is:
1. ‘Younger Tonight’
2. ‘Would You Even’
3. ‘You Plus Me’
4. ‘Fired Up’
5. ‘A Little Much less Alone’
6. ‘L-O-V-E’
7. ‘Somebody’s Out There Ready’
8. ‘Lady From Pasadena’
9. ‘Comfortable’
10. ‘Purple Flags’
11. ‘Love Retains Rising’
12. ‘Feeling (Extra Like) Myself’
13. ‘Spaghetti Tattoo’
In 2019, Plain White T’s returned to the UK for that 12 months’s Slam Dunk Competition. The twin occasion, which was headlined by All Time Low, befell in Might that 12 months at Temple Newsam Property in Leeds, earlier than heading down south to Hatfield Park.
Talking completely to NME following the announcement, Higgenson mentioned that the band have been “excited to deliver [their new] songs over to the UK” for the primary time, having aimed to carry out their 2018 LP ‘Parallel Universe’ throughout the pond.
“The album simply got here out in August and certainly one of our targets was to get again abroad and be capable to play some reveals,” he mentioned. “So that is like the primary time we’ve been in a position to do this, it’s like, ‘Alright, we’re getting there, we’re checkin’ off our bins and making our targets occur’. It must be actually enjoyable.”
