Back in the day, Radiator Hospital would release new music several times a year. Things have slowed down since then, but Grand Rapids-founded, Philly-based indie rockers are still kicking. Distorting Time, the sixth Radiator Hospital and first for Lame-O Records, will be out in August. A Radiator Hospital album not on Salinas? It's a brand new era for real.
Distorting Time, the follow-up to 2023's Can't Make Any Promises, is preceded today by lead single "Wall Between Us." It's a proper lo-fi track, powered by scrappy guitar chords and Sam Cook-Parrott's weathered warble, sort of like Saintseneca as filtered through early Sebadoh. In a press release, he offers these thoughts on the new LP:
I was strongly considering going in a completely different direction and starting a different-sounding project. Instead a switch flipped and I could see how all my new ideas could fit on the continuum of Radiator Hospital. It’s still the project I’ve been doing for almost half my life. I can see the connection between this and my earliest work, while also knowing I never could have made this record in any other time of my life than now.
Ali Donohue made a video for "Wall Between Us," and you can watch it below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Can You See The Future?"
02 "A Fine Vintage"
03 "Wall Between Us"
04 "Let It Be Nothing"
05 "Hellhound"
06 "Love Park Serenade"
07 "Weekend Interlude"
08 "Wildman Dance"
09 "Walk With Love"
10 "Safe In Bed"
11 "Ballad Of Big Nose George Parrott"
12 "Can't Help Tryin'"
13 "Distorting Time"
Distorting Time is out 8/14 via Lame-O. Pre-order it here.
