Titus Andronicus Continue To Tease 'The Will To Live' With New Track Give Me Grief

Photo: Nicole Rifkin

Titus Andronicus have released a new single, Give Me Grief.

Following July's single (I'm) Screwed, the new song serves as the third preview of the New Jersey rock veterans' upcoming seventh studio album, 'The Will To Live', which is scheduled to arrive on September 30 via Merge Records.

Although a more thoughtful affair than the raucous predecessor, the duet between singer-songwriter Patrick Stickles and the band's former drummer Eric Harm doesn't skimp on the fist-pumping anthem. Stickles commented:

"Thematically, 'The Will To Live' is an attempt on my part to reckon with the cruelest of life’s truths, which is that, the wider you open your heart to the good things in your life (love, hope, etc.), the more you expose yourself to life's most harrowing pains. A full and rich life demands a vulnerability that will inevitably be rewarded with intense suffering.

"I have had to think about this a lot over the past couple years, as my father lay in a 50-day medically induced coma with no promise of his eventual awakening, or as my cousin was laid far too soon in his grave, or as I shivered one dreadful Christmas Eve outside the animal hospital, hoping that a last-minute blood transfusion might save my anaemic cat. These moments of agony could have been avoided had I simply closed myself off from the joys offered to me by those I love, but that is no way to live, and I force myself to move forward beckoning love in all its forms, however frightening a prospect. Grief is necessary, for without the threat of grief, there can be no love, and life without love is no life at all."

Head below to view the accompanying video, directed by Titus Andronicus mainstay Ray Concepcion. Other collaborations on the record include team-ups between Titus Andronicus guitarist Liam Betson and Josée Caron of the Canadian rock band Partner, along with contributions from members of Arcade Fire, The Hold Steady, and The E Street Band.

They'll support the release with a North American tour beginning in the fall. Head here for details.

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