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smurryphoto: L.S. Dunes in Boston! Photo set live on Stub Stories. I was there for the very first Dunes show in Chicago years back, and they continue to be incredible as they tour their new album.
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smurryphoto: L.S. Dunes in Boston! Photo set live on Stub Stories. I was there for the very first Dunes show in Chicago years back, and they continue to be incredible as they tour their new album.
Interview: LS Dunes Talk ‘Violet’ January 28, 2025
“Supergroup” doesn’t even begin to describe the tour de force that is LS Dunes. Prepping to release their second record, Violet, at the start of 2025, New Noise caught up with singer Anthony Green, drummer Tucker Rule, guitarists Frank Iero and Travis Sever, and bassist Tim Payne during their supporting stint alongside Rise Against.
As the boxing match of the century played in the green room, the vocalist strummed an acoustic guitar, picked at catering and intermittently did pushups while waiting on the other members to arrive. After a few minutes of chit chat with the five, one thing is for certain; these guys are having a blast. The pressure to make an external splash is low, but the stakes for impressing one another couldn’t be higher. This mentality is what makes LS Dunes work.
You guys are in this really unique position where you all come from established bands and aren’t trying to “make it” with LS Dunes in the traditional sense. Do you feel less pressure with this band? Or do you feel more because people might have expectations already?
Tim Payne: I don’t think we’ve ever really felt pressure to do this. I think that’s what was exciting about it. We started around COVID, and we didn’t really have any expectations. From the beginning, it was very “whatever happens happens. Whatever we write, we write,” I think that set the tone for what we do.
Tucker Rule: We’re all here because we want to be here, not because we have to be.
Anthony Green: Its new that we’re in this creative situation where we can say whatever we want. We really like what we’re making; its kind of impenetrable. There’s a greater freedom that comes along with not having to rely on this. It’s a passion project for everybody. Like any seed you plant, you want to see it grow and change, but we’re reinventing ourselves with every song we put out.
You’re taking time away from friends and family for a lot of years, I think it’d be hard not to want to make sure it’s working and doing well.
Frank Iero: Where’s your bar of success, you know? When we finish the record, that’s when I know it’s working. You’re either making art or you’re making commerce.
Do you think the quality also comes from that confidence of … I don’t want to say not caring, but you started this for fun, you might not have had giant goals in the beginning …
AG: I think it’s incredibly accurate to say “not caring” because there’s a whole lot of caring that goes into things that don’t matter, and it weighs it down creatively. This isn’t that.
NDid the first album feel more like a collection of songs vs this new record feeling more streamlined?
FI: When writing Past Lives, we didn’t know who was gonna sing or if Anthony wanted to join the band, so I think when we wrote those songs there was a lot of “filling the space,” and what was so impressive about Anthony was he found these little moments or melodies people could latch onto it. It was like, holy shit, no one else could be the vocalist for this band. Now writing with all the members in mind and rewriting vocal melodies, that felt more like a cohesive band.
Travis Stever: I remember being at home with my wife and listening to Past Lives saying, like, “Listen to what he did here!” We live with instrumentals for so long, and what he did with it was so exciting. Remember how exciting that was?
AG: I challenged myself to sing and write stuff in a lower register and not abuse my range. I got to yell and scream a lot on Past Lives and on this new record. Having people champion me every step of the way when you’re working on melodies, it makes you go harder and open up more and try things and it makes it easier to be vulnerable.
Violet is out on Friday from Fantasy Records, and you can preorder it from Concord Records. Follow LS Dunes on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for future updates.
Photo courtesy of Scott Murry
smurryphoto On the second day of Riot Fest, my true love gave to me … some snaps of another triumphant day! Full coverage coming!
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smurryphoto With a new @.riot_fest lineup, here are some snaps with @.newnoisemagazine from riots past. One of these bands will be performing in 2024, can you guess who? Who are you pumped to see?
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Show Review: Green Day & Against Me! at the DCU Center in Worcester
“Awaiting the Green Day show at Worcester, MA’s DCU Center last Friday night I waxed nostalgic in the photo pit that I hadn’t seen Green Day since the Warped Tour in 2000.”
Tegan and Sara at House of Blues Boston | Photos by Scott Murry
“A sweaty, hot mob mentality broke out with other fans clawing at the Schwarzenegger-like bouncer’s shirt. Burkett intervened and the show stopped as tensions were tamed.” Read the full review.