The Maine are getting ready to drop their third studio album on December 6th, and we have all the details.
The Arizona rockers will be finishing up 2011 by releasing Pioneer and the band calls the creation of the album an enlightening experience. They moved into a farm in Gilbert, Arizona to write the songs for the album and came out with over 40 to choose from. The band knew it was going to be difficult choosing which tracks make it onto their upcoming release, but it was a job that had to be done. After deciding upon which songs would be released on Pioneer, the band and label had a difference of opinion and decided to release the new album independently on the bands label, Action Theory Records and it would be distributed by Warner. Members John O’Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen and Patrick Kirch stood behind their decision to create and share this album with fans and would not have it any other way.
“This record represents persistence, passion and the failure to give in when all around have given up. Pioneer initially started out as an experiment. In this experiment, we attempted to take the creative process to lengths we had never gone before. We wrote and recorded 9 songs, took them to the powers that be, and were rejected. Instead of allowing this denial to be the end, we decided to take things further. Heading back to El Paso, TX we recorded an additional 17 songs, self-funding & co-producing (along with Colby Wedgeworth) them all while knowing there was a possibility they’d never see the light of day. Through it all, the only thing that kept us going was knowing that our fans were there for us,” says The Maine.
The album is available for pre-order now. For more information, visit www.WeAreTheMaine.net.
Click inside for the tracklisting and band’s tour dates.
Pioneer Track Listing:
1. Identify
2. My Heroine
3. Time
4. Some Days
5. I’m Sorry
6. Don’t Give Up On “Us”
7. Misery
8. When I’m At Home
9. Thinking Of You
10. Jenny
11. Like We Did (Windows Down)
12. While Listening to Rock & Roll…
13. Waiting For My Sun To Shine
Tour Dates:
11/20 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
11/21 Los Angeles, CA – Roxy
11/22 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
12/10 Dallas, TX – Centennial Hall at Fair Park
12/11 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
12/13 Birmingham, AL – Workplay Theatre
12/14 Greensboro, NC – Green Street
12/15 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
12/16 New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
12/17 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
12/19 Toronto, ON – The Mod Club Theatre
12/20 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
12/21 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
1/6 Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse Music Venue
