New Set Your Goals Album To Be ‘About Being Motivated’

In a recent interview with AbsolutePunk.net, Set Your Goals vocalist Jordan Brown has given an insight into what fans can expect from theirt latest album.

‘I want to write songs about being motivated and really persevere and get through hard times,’ commented the vocalist. ‘People might think it’s cheesy, because a lot of bands are doing the whole ‘Fight!’ thing. We want to be a positive and motivating influence for people that listen to us; we’re not trying to cry on songs, we’re trying to bring out emotion in the right way. We’re trying to make people go out and be active and do something. I think it’ll be something like ‘Mutiny’ was lyrically; it was a very driven and determined record, where ‘This Will Be The Death Of Us’ was a very introspective look and what we’re all learning, and ‘Burning At Both Ends’ was a conclusive look at being a band for 8 years and how we’ve gone through stuff. This record will be a throwback to what Set Your Goals started on.

The band are currently on tour with Cartel, Fireworks and Mixtape in the US, but have recently begun work on the follow-up to ‘Burning At Both Ends’ with New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert as producer.

‘It was a really good connection; we’ve all done shows together and known each other for a while. These are two of the songs that i’m most proud of; the recording process was the easiest it’s ever been, especially for the vocals and the lyrics, which is what I stress out about the most. We were just able to get what we wanted to say across. He was just a really good presence, and it felt like he was a part of the band writing with all of us. ‘

‘He is very motivated to have us put out the best Set Your Goals record. He wants us to do some ‘throwback’ stuff, but he really wants us to be excited on the songs; with us being influenced by some of the music that he’s been involved with himself, he sort of knows what we’re going for. If you hear some of the demos to what we ended up doing, he had the best arrangement ideas.’

Jordan also told the website that the band have already recorded two tracks - ‘Only Right Now’ and ‘I’ll Walk It Off’ - with will be released as a digital bundle through Epitaph Records in the near future.

The six-piece are heading to the UK to play this year’s Hevy Festival, and will be making several stops around the UK in August.

MAY
20 The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
21 The Hydrant, Brighton
22 Joiners, Southampton
23 The Fleece, Bristol
24 Old Blue Last, London
25 The Peel, Kingston
28 Sub 89, Reading

AUGUST
06 Nottingham Rock City
07 York Dutchess
08 Glasgow King Tuts
09 Manchester Moho Live
10 Middlesborough The Empire
11 Peterborough Club Revolution