WYWA: Underoath, PUP, Rock Hall Of Fame Nominees, And More
Not ready for Monday yet? Neither are we, but let us help kick off your week with While You Were Away. This year’s Rock Hall of Fame nominees, new albums from PUP and Underoath, tours on sale, and more in this week’s edition.
Rock Hall of Fame 2025 Nominees: White Stripes, Soundgarden, Mariah Carey & Billy Idol
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The Rock Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the class of 2025.
Finalists include The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Mariah Carey, Oasis, OutKast, and Billy Idol. Other artists up for induction are Phish, Joy Division/New Order, Bad Company, Mana, Joe Cocker, Chubby Checker, and The Black Crowes.
The White Stripes, Joy Division/New Order, Soundgarden Oasis, and Mariah Carey have been nominated in the past. Meanwhile, Outkast, Idol, Cocker, Bad Company, Checker, The Black Crowes, and Phish are appearing on the ballot for the first time.
The Class of 2025 will be announced in late April, while the induction ceremony will be held in Los Angeles this fall. Fans can vote for their favorites on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s website.
PUP announce new album ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’
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PUP have announced their fifth studio album, Who Will Look After the Dogs?, out on May 2nd. They have also shared their latest single “Hallways.”
Produced by John Congleton and recorded in three weeks in Los Angeles, frontman Stefan Babcock reveals he began writing the new album while in isolation after the dissolution of a 10-year relationship.
“Within days of announcing our last album, coincidentally titled The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND, my life unexpectedly imploded. I wrote the lyrics for ‘Hallways’ while all that was going on. It was a weird fucking week.”
Talking about the lyric from “Hallways” that inspired the title of the new album, Babcock says it was “the very first thing” he wrote for the new record. “I think it’s devastating, but in a ‘holy shit this is overdramatic’ kinda way, at least in context of the line that comes before it,” he said. “That’s what makes it funny to us. That overblown stuff we all say in our dark moments can be hilarious once you’ve cooled off a bit. I don’t know if anyone else thinks it’s funny, but sometimes you gotta laugh at yourself. It’s the only way out of the abyss. Trust me.”
Watch the song’s accompanying video directed by Sterlin Larose below.
Pre-order Who Will Look After the Dogs? here.
Underoath announce new album ‘The Place After This One’
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Underoath have announced their new album, The Place After This One, due to arrive on March 28th.
Guitarist Tim McTague stated of the new album, “The Place After This One is a multi-faceted idea. The fact that we grew up so sheltered and spiritual, and are trying to reconcile how we grew up against what we see now in the new age. Underoath, albeit intact and the same, is simultaneously so different.”
He added, “Our band has gone through a lot of chaos. I think there’s something beautiful about the idea of not just abandoning everything when things get weird. Whether it be your faith, or your band, or your marriage, or your relationships. The idea that there is a place after this one, even if it’s with the same people or it’s with the same God, or it’s with the same town. Things compound when it’s good, and you just cut out the things that are bad.”
The album will include previously released singles “Generation No Surrender” and “Survivor’s Guilt” along with new single “All the Love Is Gone.” Listen to it below.
Pre-orders can be found here.
Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor join forces on ‘Swoon’
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Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy has joined forces with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor on new single “Swoon” from his upcoming album Silver Shade, out May 9th via Metropolis Entertainment.
“I am both in the state of swoon as are my audience when witnessing my live performance,” says Murphy of the song. “Trent Reznor cordially accepted my invitation to appear on the song, adding a welcome vibe on the second verse, as well as throughout the entire song in the form of backing vocalizing.”
Listen to “Swoon” below.
Full details about the album have yet to be revealed, but the record may include Murphy’s collaboration with Boy George that was released last fall.
Tours on sale this week
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Magdalena Bay have added a new leg to their “Imaginal Mystery Tour.” The new run starts on September 18th in San Francisco, California and runs through October 26th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tickets are on sale now.
Backstreet Boys will be the first pop act to headline the Las Vegas Sphere when they launch their “Into the Millennium” residency this summer. The boy band will perform their groundbreaking album, Millennium, in full along with their greatest hits. It all starts on July 11th and runs through July 27th. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 21st.
Converge have announced a Spring 2025 US tour surrounding their upcoming festival appearances. The brief outing starts on May 9th in Columbus, Ohio and ends with their appearance at Welcome To Rockville in Florida on May 15th. See all the dates here.
Bloc Party will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 2005 album Silent Alarm with a North American tour with Metric. The trek kicks off in Pasadena, California on May 10th and concludes on June 17th in Seattle, Washington. Get all the details here.
