Sweeping Promises
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Sweeping Promises share new single & video "Cocoon" taken from their new Album 'You Say I Romanticize' out August 14th via Sub Pop.
Today, Sweeping Promises has shared an official video, co-produced by Shawn Brackbill and the band, for their smouldering new single, "Cocoon" available now on all streaming platforms. Following lead single and pummeling album opener “Shooting Shadows,” “Cocoon” is the second offering from the post-punk duo’s forthcoming third album, You Say I Romanticize, out worldwide on August 14th on Sub Pop.
Of the track, the band says,
“We wrote 'Cocoon' years ago to extend our live set back when we only knew the ten songs from our first album.
It has become a staple of our live set over the years and has undergone several metamorphoses in our home studio, as we wanted to develop this track in a disarming and dead-simple way for the ‘live sound’ mentality of YSIR.
The music video intercuts homegrown live footage of the band playing shows in the Kansas community with the sculptural and psychogeographic idea of the cocoon, which entices and finally envelops our singer, Lira Mondal.”
Recorded over an 18-month period, You Say I Romanticize is a tribute to the chaos of creation and collaboration under shifting circumstances. Guitarist Caufield Schnug and bassist/vocalist Lira Mondal found and tested themselves in their combination tour house and recording studio in Lawrence, KS, annually working on dozens of albums from other bands, hosting tour stops, planning shows, and the like.
After an immersive process of tracking and whittling down YSIR demos and carving out an idiosyncratic chamber-recording method for the album’s intentional wall-of-sound, the duo brought in touring drummer Spenser Gralla to play the songs as the band would on stage.
The album’s frenzied execution, akin to the group’s renowned live show, shines most of all in Mondal’s exhilarating vocals. Whereas previously, you might have heard a growl here and there on certain Sweeping Promises tracks, the band’s formidable singer shouts, roars, hits all sorts of tricky notes, and shreds her throat all over the record.
A shadow side exists alongside Sweeping Promises’ love for their artistic community—borne of weirdos channeling their misfit status into vibrant art and punk rock music, often passing through the revolving door that is their home studio. You Say I Romanticize takes the art-by-any-means-necessary ethos that Mondal and Schnug have developed over the years and turns the prompt upside down, landing on a personality epidemic that manifests across all ten tracks.
Sweeping Promises also recently announced North American headlining tour dates for the autumn of 2026. The first leg begins on Wednesday, September 9th, in Oklahoma City, OK, and runs through September 29th for a hometown show at White Schoolhouse in Lawrence, KS.
The second leg begins on October 27th in Omaha, NE, and ends on November 18th in Nashville, TN. Further live dates, including international touring, will follow soon.
Tickets available at sweepingpromises.com.
Photo by Shawn Brackbill
Tour Dates
Wed. Sep. 09 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head
Thu. Sep. 10 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
Fri. Sep. 11 - Austin, TX - LEVITATION
Sat. Sep. 12 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
Tue. 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Wed. Sep. 16 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Thu. Sep. 17 - Los Angeles, CA - Sid The Cat Auditorium
Fri. Sep. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
Sun. Sep. 20 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Tue. Sep. 22 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
Wed. Sep. 23 - Seattle, WA - Baba Yaga
Fri. Sep. 25 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club Basement
Sat. Sep. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - The DLC at Quarters
Sun. Sep. 27 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
Tue. Oct. 27 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown Front Room
Wed. Oct. 28 - St Paul, MN - Turf Club
Thu. Oct 29 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
Fri. Oct. 30 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Sat. Oct. 31 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
Tue. Nov. 03 - Toronto, ON - Monarch
Wed. Nov. 04 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
Fri. Nov. 06 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Sat. Nov. 07 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Sun. Nov. 08 - Hamden, CT, Space Ballroom
Tue. Nov. 10 - New York, NY - Club 101
Wed. Nov. 11 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
Thu. Nov. 12 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
Fri. Nov. 13 - Washington, DC - Union Stage
Sat. Nov. 14 - Richmond, VA - Cobra Cabana
Mon. Nov. 16 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook
Tue. Nov. 17 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Purgatory
Wed. Nov. 18 - Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR
