Today, November 11 – Pinegrove announced their new album 11:11 will come out on January 28th and share their lead single “Alaska” with lyric video. Pre-order/listen here: https://t.co/IXHveumhWe pic.twitter.com/PLoQqDPnIf

— RoughTradeRecs (@RoughTradeRecs) November 11, 2021

The album announcement comes three months after Pinegrove released their first single of the year “Orange”, a melancholic, tender song that tugs gently at the heartstrings, keeping in the spirit of the sound and sonic atmosphere that Pinegrove are best known for. Meanwhile, “Alaska” is short, up-tempo song, carried by a driving drumbeat and a walking bassline while singer Evan Stephens-Hall speaks wistfully of places he’s been and the passage of time; “When we landed in Orlando, and the local time was 11:11, the pilot had his eyes closed, through that opalescent open road”. Whilst being noticeably set apart from other groups in their respective scene, much of Pinegrove’s sound is rooted in emo and indie rock music, and they have warranted comparison to bands such as Modest Mouse in the past.

According to NME, Stephens-Hall said this of the upcoming album; “Calling the record ’11:11′ should be a heartening statement, though there’s certainly a range of emotion across the album…There’s much to be angry about right now, and a lot of grief to metabolize. But hopefully, the loudest notes are of unity, collectivity, and community. I want to open a space for people to feel all these things.”

He also spoke briefly of the records’ lyrical themes, saying; “It spends equal time on optimism, community, reaffirming our human duty to look out for one another even in the absence of the people we expect to do those things. What if we have to be our own salvation?”

11:11 is set to be released on January 28^th 2022, the same day the tour commences. The track list can be viewed down below, and the album can be pre-ordered at this link.

1). “Habitat”
2). “Alaska”
3). “Iodine”
4). “Orange”
5). “Flora”
6). “Respirate”
7). “Let”
8). “So What”
9). “Swimming”
10). “Cyclone”
11). “11^th Hour”

To re-iterate, Pinegrove’s UK/EU shows will commence on May 8^th, 2022. The dates are listed down below, and tickets can be purchased here.

08/05/2022- Button Factory- Dublin
10/05- Queen Margaret Union- Glasgow
11/05- Brudenell Social Club- Leeds
13/05- Academy 2 Manchester- Manchester
14/05- Roundhouse- London
15/05- The Marble Factory- Bristol

This announcement comes after the band recently returned to the spotlight, with their new album ‘Skylight’. The LP was self-funded and released through Bandcamp and was the bands first release since the release of ‘Cardinal’ in 2016. All profits from the sale of their latest album are going toward three charities including: The Voting Rights Project, The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention and Musicares.

Evan addressed these allegations in a post on their groups Facebook page on Tuesday (Nov 21) with a lengthy statement. The accuser has been unnamed, yet Evan still delves into the details of his “convoluted, heavy, emotional” relationship with this person, to which he claimed “Still, I am coming to terms with the fact that I monumentally misread the situation. I am trying earnestly to follow this line as deeply as it goes to reflect on all of the things I could have done, and can do, better.”

The emo-country-rock singer also went onto say “While it was by no means a simple relationship, it was sustained tenderly and I believed sincerely that it was mutual. I absolutely never threatened her, I never leveraged anything against her. I believed all of our decisions to be based in love.”

He continues “I should have more actively acknowledged my position of power as a public figure, and also as a man,” he continued. “I have always tried to approach all of my relationships under the premise of equality, but I see now more clearly that the inherent privilege of my gender and the accumulated privilege of being a recognized performer most certainly impacted this interaction.”

Hall went on to apologize for viewing his fans as potential sexual partners and added that he has been in therapy since November 2015. He admits that he had “been flirtatious with fans and on a few occasions been intimate with people that I’ve met on tour,” saying that “I could sense who from the crowd would be interested in sleeping with me based on how they watched me perform. This comment applies such a dark layer to my interactions with people after our sets.”
You can read the full statement here:

a message from evan:https://t.co/TdDpcnCZX3

— &&&& (@PinegroveBand) November 21, 2017

The statement ends with telling the reader the band would be taking some time off as well as cancelling the tour “in an effort to take time to make positive changes in my life and out of respect for what she is going through.”

The core members of Pinegrove consist of Evan Stephens Hall (vocals, guitar) and Zack Levine (vocals, drums) who are both childhood friends and have been playing music together for a very long time. It was Zack’s little brother Nick who played guitar that helped to officially from Pinegrove, but he no longer is in the band. Thus came Sam Skinner (guitar) and Adan Carlo Feliciano (bass) and Nandi Rose Pluckett (vocals, percussion, keyboard) who is the only woman in the band, and a college friend of Evan.

After a run of EP releases, it was in October 2015 that Pinegrove were signed to Run for Cover Records. A debut album followed this in February 2016 titled Cardinal. Pinegrove had been touring in support of this release.