HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS // Share New Single ‘The Rain Just Follows Me’

Our emo kings in Hawthorne Heights have shared The Rain Just Follows Me, the title track of their forthcoming eighth studio LP. 

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“I really wanted to name this album after those lyrics,” says frontman JT Woodruff.

“It perfectly described what I’ve been going through. During the day, everything seems totally fine, but when I lay down and turn out the lights, my world comes crashing down. If this happens on tour or at home, I usually just think of the coast. I think of the way I feel, watching pelicans on the pier. And usually, everything will stabilise, but for some reason, nothing was working. When you’re gone for months out of the year, it starts to feel normal. Your entire family and circle of friends have to rearrange their lives to stay connected to yours. And as much as this seems like a woe is me, touring band sob story, it really isn’t about that at all. It’s about how our society has taught us to work ourselves to exhaustion, and at the end of the day, our prize is an early grave.”

The Rain Just Follows Me (LP) will drop on September 10, 2021, via Pure Noise Records. Produced by Grammy-winner Cameron Webb (Alkaline Trio, NOFX, Megadeth), it was lyrically inspired by the physical and emotional distance between Woodruff and his wife and daughter.  “The most unbelievable part of this story is that this entire album was written and recorded BEFORE the pandemic,” adds Woodruff. “All of this darkness and turmoil is basically a summation of the coldest and loneliest nights I’ve tried to reconcile for the past 17 years.”

Fans can pre-order the upcoming Hawthorne Heights album here. You can also stream its title track now.