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THE HARA have announced details of their brand-new album. Saturated in catharsis and vibrancy, The Fallout represents the band unapologetically wearing their heart on their sleeves and will be released on 23 January via Mascot Records. They’ve also revealed the official video for their live-wire new single “Easier to Die.”
 
They will also join As December Falls on a UK tour in October and November 2025, before heading on a 10-date co-headline tour of Europe with Call Me Amour in November.
 
THE HARA didn’t write this album for the industry. Why would they, when the strange, structureless world they live in has ground them down and made them spiral into doubt? And why would they, when they prize their authenticity as much as they do?
 
New single “Easier to Die” is about losing hope in the pursuit of success and getting consumed by negative thoughts. It grapples with the feelings of hopelessness that might leach into their view of their band’s trajectory, and their general mental health. “We definitely feel like that quite a bit, trying to break through in music,” says vocalist Josh Taylor. 

They have already dropped glorious marker points from the record; from confrontational album opener “Trophy“, the smouldering and intoxicating recent single “Stay” – co-written with close friend Kid Brunswick – and the high-octane “The System.” All of these give a glimpse at their ability to meld affecting subject matter with a tear the roof off dynamism.
 
The Manchester, UK trio – vocalist Josh Taylor, drummer Jack Kennedy and guitarist Zack Breen – create from a place of undistilled, unadulterated intention and the songs all form the building blocks for their supercharged live shows, the environment where they feel like they blossom into their truest, best selves. For the album recording they absconded to the outskirts of Hereford with co-producers Brad Mair and Pete Hutchings (Nothing But Thieves/Royal Blood). 

Their raucous genre mash-up of alternative rock, metalcore, and emo has already seen them grab the live circuit by the scruff of the neck and pick up support slots with pop-punk giants Sum 41, Nothing More, Escape the Fate and Ice Nine Kills. They’ve exploded across the festival circuit; Download, Slam Dunk, 2000 Trees, Kendal Calling, TRNSMT, Tramlines, Truck, Boomtown Fair and an incredible main stage set at both Reading and Leeds Festival.
 
Every facet of their journey so far seeps into the songwriting process. Josh, as a lyricist, finds that he’s guided by his subconscious. He sits down, he lets it speak, and once the words are down on paper, he’s able to make more sense of what’s been going on in the recesses of his mind. He explains, “I find it hard to communicate in everyday life, and I feel writing is my way of expressing what’s going on, even if I don’t understand it at the time. It’s like therapy.”
 
In some ways, this struggle is inextricable from the other primary theme on The Fallout, namely THE HARA’s relationship with the music industry. It gives with one hand and takes with the other, leaving those trying to survive within it in a pattern of constantly chasing highs and watching their mental health crumble when those highs turn to soul-destroying lows – the band are not just surviving, but thriving despite this.
 
When they were working, they were determined to evolve. “We all listen to heavy music, and it was something we wanted to get into and play with more,” Jack explains. “We wanted to not only express the energy and how heavy all this sort of stuff is and how clever it can all be, but our musical ability as well.”

Heavy and personal entwine, and it’s this which creates the sheer electricity that emanates from the band, making them such a breathtaking spectacle to watch. This dauntless new chapter is the most self-assured they’ve ever been. Despite the pressure, toxicity and self-doubt fired at them from all angles, they’ve used the pressure to create diamonds. Most importantly, through all of this, they’ve metamorphosed into the greatest version of themselves yet.
 
“This album is probably the purest, rawest version of us,” asserts Josh. “Musically, lyrically, everything feels the most authentic we’ve been. This is really who we are.”

Track List

1. Trophy
2. Easier To Die
3. Monsters & Demons
4. Twist The Arrows
5. Stay
6. The System
7. Psycho Killer
8. Kings
9. Bury Me
10. Violence (feat. As December Falls)
11. Intergalactic Sabotage
12. Enemy
13. Bury Me (Piano Version) *

* physical exclusive

Upcoming Tour Dates
Tickets are available HERE

 30 Oct – Electric Ballroom, London, UK ^
31 Oct – Project House, Leeds, UK ^
1 Nov – Rock City, Nottingham, UK ^
2 Nov – O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK ^
5 Nov – SWX, Bristol, UK ^
6 Nov – Garage, Glasgow, UK ^
8 Nov – Little Devil, Tilburg, Netherlands +
9 Nov – Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands +
10 Nov – Nachtleben, Frankfurt,  Deutschland +
12 Nov – Viper Room, Wien,  Austria +
13 Nov – Kabinet MÚZ,  Brno, Czechia +
14 Nov – Futurum Music Bar,  Praha, Czechia+
16 Nov – Lark,  Berlin. Deutschland +
18 Nov – Backstage, München, Deutschland +
19 Nov – Hebebühne, Hamburg, Deutschland +
20 Nov –  MTC Club, Köln, Deutschland +

^ w/ As December Falls
+ Co-headlining w/ Call Me Amour

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