Jason Aalon Butler speaks out on the anniversary of Letlive. and teases reissue and reunion tour
Jason Aalon Butler has spoken out in regards to the anniversary of Letlive. and has teased an album reissue and reunion tour for the band.
In accordance with a collection of latest social media posts, the post-hardcore band are seemingly reforming for a collection of farewell exhibits the world over subsequent yr.
They’re additionally releasing a brand new, remastered model of their landmark album, ‘The Blackest Lovely’.
The influential band’s closing line-up consisted of lead vocalist Butler, guitarist Jeff Sahyoun, bassist Ryan Jay Johnson and drummer Loniel Robinson. All through their profession, they launched 4 albums and one EP, with their closing album, ‘If I’m The Satan’, launched in 2016. They broke up in 2017, saying the cut up on social media on the time.
In a brand new submit on the band’s social media web page, they wrote: “11 years of ‘The Blackest Lovely’ after 7 years of silence. Remixed, Remastered, Revisited.”
They added: “And to our associates that we by no means bought to say goodbye to – we’ll see you subsequent yr to take action. Promoters see slide 2. We’d like appropriate areas world wide for correct farewells,” they added, making a plea to promoters to get in contact.
They concluded: “ll.ove one final time.”
In a prolonged new submit reflecting on the band’s cut up, Butler added: “I spent so a few years of my life looking for myself on this band. Attempting to grasp what I believed mattered. What was price combating for and, equally, what was price sacrificing for. Which is what I did once I determined it was time to stroll away from @letliveperiod.”
“It was a sacrifice. A mandatory one for my very own psychological, emotional and bodily well being. It was considerably Shakespearean realising that with a purpose to actually honour myself and this band I needed to let folks find it irresistible in their very own manner even once I was having bother love myself and let this concept we created be remembered in an honourable state. Once I put this venture to relaxation I didn’t know when or if I’d ever come again to it.
“The ache, the peril, the literal hazards I and members of this venture skilled are virtually too wild to be true. However, in truth, they’re. And that’s the reason I felt one final time across the as mandatory. This band was not straightforward for me. It was by no means ever glamorous. And generally it was exhausting to imagine it beloved me again the identical manner I beloved it, however I just lately got here to understand it was y’all that made this band. It was y’all that made it distinctive.
“The disparate identities colliding to type one widespread perception system every night time as nicely a the 15 years of its existence remains to be one thing I can’t imagine occurred. Nevertheless it very a lot did. Y’all are the rationale letlive. was in a position to exist and y’all are the rationale I’ve determined to come back again for an precise farewell.”
He continued: “ I wish to say thanks to everybody who has supported me on this venture and each different I’ve been part of as I do know so lots of you adopted me from right here. Thanks for letting me be susceptible whereas trying bravado unexpectedly. Thanks for laughing, singing and exploring with me. Thanks for hurting, residing and studying with me much more so. With that being said- I ll.ove you and me and the boys will see you soon-ish.
“In the event you’ve learn this far- sustain the group and drop your favourite recollections, exhibits, folks you’ve met because of your relationship with ll. within the feedback. I really like studying that sh*t.”
After Letlive., Taylor went on to type Fever 333 alongside former The Chariot guitarist Stephen Harrison and Evening Verses drummer Aric Improta.
Again in January, Fever 333 shared a blistering new single titled ‘Prepared Rock.
In ‘Prepared Rock’, frontman Jason Aalon Butler and co. play homage to the Black artists who based rock n’ roll, and use their signature heavy sound to make clear the musicians that got here earlier than them however had been denied due credit score.
“With this month (February) being Black Historical past Month, ‘Prepared Rock’ pays homage to black artists of the previous that unequivocally constructed rock n’ roll into what it’s at this time. Fever deliver gentle to the lineage of iconic rock sounds and sonics which have usually gone uncredited to their correct black creators, with the assertion, Rock Music is Black Music,” a press launch acknowledged.
‘Prepared Rock’ was produced by Fever 333, and options co-production from each the Grammy Award-winning Seashore Noise (Kendrick Lamar, Child Keem) and Glassjaw’s Justin Beck.
The newly shared single marked the second monitor to be shared from the group following a serious line-up change final yr.