Get Scared Are Not ‘Another Mundane, Closed-Minded Group’

Utah goth rockers Get Scared, who released a three-song EP via Hot Topic last year, are getting ready to unleash 'Best Kind of Mess,' their debut full-length, on July 12th. The trio, who will be touring with like-minded bands Aiden and Vampires Everywhere!, aim to avoid the trappings of "sameness" that infect so many bands these days.

"We started the band with the motive to not be another mundane, closed-minded group of musicians," guitarist Bradley Lloyd recently told Noisecreep. "We were all sick of the regurgitated music that was being put out, and unhappy with how intolerant the music scene had become in our hometown. This gave us the passion to create music that not only went against everything in our hometown scene, but also to make music that truly made us feel whole."

As you can see from the track listing below, Get Scared have utilized all one-word titles for 'Best Kind of Mess.' "The one-word song titles will make more sense once the album is released," Lloyd said coyly. He added that the process of writing the record worked well since the bandmembers are all so different from one another. "We have our own unique input for each song," he said. "So I guess what I'm trying say is our songs are like baking a cake, a delicious rock 'n roll cake! Every ingredient in the batter of music is extremely important to each other and it wouldn't turn out nearly as audibly palatable without the mixing all of our musical input into each song."

'Best Kind of Mess' track listing:

1. Scream

2. Fail

3. Mess

4. Sarcasm

5. Whore

6. Hurt

7. Voodoo

8. Wrong

9. Moving

10. Parade

11. Drown

12. Loneliness

13. Deepest Cut

Get Scared tour dates:

MAY

9 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon Theater

10 Denver, CO Marquis Theater

11 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Theater

12 Sauget, IL Pop's

13 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge

14 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews

15 St. Paul, MN Station 4

17 Detroit, MI Shelter @ St. Andrew's

18 Cleveland, OH Peabody's Down Under

19 Louisville, KY Expo Five

20 Knoxville, TN Valarium

21 Raleigh, NC The Brewery

22 West Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern

23 Richmond, VA The National

24 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theatre

25 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft At The Chance

26 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall

27 Worcester, MA Upstairs @ The Palladium

28 Montreal, QC Le National

29 Toronto, ON The Annex Wreck Room

31 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre

JUNE

1 Towson, MD Recher Theatre

2 Wilmington, NC The Soapbox Laundrolounge

3 Atlanta, GA Masquerade

4 Orlando, FL The Social

5 Tampa, FL Orpheum

7 Houston, TX Warehouse Live

8 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit

9 Dallas, TX The Door

10 El Paso, TX Club 101

11 Tucson, AZ Skrappy's

12 Mesa, AZ Nile Theater

14 West Hollywood, CA The Key Club

15 Bakersfield, CA Jerry's Pizza

17 San Diego, CA Soma Side Stage

18 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction

19 Lancaster, CA Mango Tango

20 Stockton, CA Plea For Peace Center

23 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre

25 Seattle, WA El Corazon

Watch the video for 'Sarcasm'

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