Premiere: Salute Committee Shares New Single 'How It Goes'
New album announcement Everyone's gone and I know I'm the cause Releases June 21
April 11, 2024
Photo by Tyler Krippaehne
Kansas City's The Greeting Committee return this summer with their third full-length album, Everyone's gone and I know I'm the cause, released June 21. The pair debuted with their 2018 album, This isfollowed by their sophomore effort for 2022, Dandelion. In the years since the band has faced line-up changes and a creative redirection, elements of which have been captured in the themes of the upcoming record.
As lead singer Addie Sartino describes, the roots of the record took her place as she navigated grief and feelings of creative stagnation. “I was 15 when the band started and I feel like I've lived a lot of different lives since then,” he explains. “Your brain is fully developed at 25 and I feel like I woke up to the realization that there were things that weren't right for me. I'm still grieving all of this and processing everything that's happened in the last year and a half.”
Now comprised of founding members Sartino and Pierce Turcotte, along with longtime member Noah Spencer and newcomer Micah Ritchie, the band returns with a sleek, powerful new sound, decorating their tracks with plenty of indie pop glitter. They've already shared the record's lead single, “popmoneyhits,” and last month's single, “Where'd All My Friends Go,” and today they accompany the album announcement with another new track, “How It Goes,” which premiere with Under the Radar.
“How It Goes” hits the same notes as the band's last two singles, but where those tracks leaned towards layered synth pop compositions and dance beats, their latest effort instead offers a condensed dose of hook-laden pop rock. It's a bright burst of energy, complete with fuzzy guitar lines, sharp bass grooves and a soaring chorus. The track was written with COIN singer Chase Lawrence after Lawrence referred to The Greeting Committee shows as “a cute party you wouldn't want to miss”. The results are suitably party-ready, along with an understated streak of self-deprecation. Sartino's lyrics find her venting the frustrations of feeling stuck in unhealthy cycles of behavior, singing “I'm a regular at this place / They know my name / Great / That's the way it goes / Don't get bored of it / That's the way it goes / It's so repetitive.”
Check out the song and video below. Everyone's gone and I know I'm the cause released on June 21.
from our partners at http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_the_greeting_committee_shares_new_single_how_it_goes