Nashville power popsters SafetySuit have followed up their 2008 debut, Life Left to Go, which featured the VH1 hit “Stay,” with These Times (Universal Republic, January 2012). Featuring longtime friends Doug Brown on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Henshaw on bass, Dave Garofolo on guitar, and Tate Cunningham on drums, SafetySuit was burned out after the first record and subsequent touring, leading to their scrapping half an album’s worth of new material, not feeling ready. But they’re now back with These Times, rocking out on such songs as “Believe,” “Let Go,” “Get Around This,” “One Time,” and “Life in the Pain,” some of which Brown wrote while on tour in Bahrain, playing for the military. “These times are hard / But they will pass,” Brown sings on the title track, adding social commentary to the proceedings. SafetySuit will be at the Gramercy Theatre on September 12 with Go Radio and Taylor Berrett.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY: “THESE TIMES” BY SAFETYSUIT
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