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MAYDAY PARADE RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘IT’S HARD TO BE RELIGIOUS WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE NEVER INCINERATED BY BOLTS OF LIGHTNING

• 5th Jun 2018

MAYDAY PARADE have released new video for ‘It’s Hard To Be Religious When Certain People Are Never Incinerated By Bolts Of Lighting,’ the third track from their upcoming album, SUNNYLAND.

Released on the 15th of June, SUNNYLAND is the band’s 6th studio album and first with Rise Records. Fans who pre-order the album by clicking HERE will receive “Piece Of Your Heart,” “It’s Hard To Be Religious…” and “Never Sure” as instant downloads.

About the new song, lead singer Derek Sanders told Billboard, “I would say it’s a little bit more angry than anything we’ve done before. I wrote it shortly after the 2016 presidential election, when Trump won. I was just kind of horrified something like that was even possible – not that it’s all directed towards him, necessarily, but that’s kind of the mindset I was in. However, it’s not all dark. There is, at least to me, a hopeful outlook towards the future and trying to appreciate what we have.”

Mayday Parade will play an in store at Banquet Records on 6th June 2018 to celebrate the upcoming release of their new album.

The band will also be playing this years Download Festival on the 9th of June and playing a headline show at Riverside Newcastle on the 8th of June. Tickets on sale now here.

The Tallahassee, Florida-based quintet (rounded out by bassist/vocalist Jeremy Lenzo, guitarist Brooks Betts and drummer/vocalist Jake Bundrick) recorded this follow-up to 2015’s Black Lines with longtime producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, and for the first time, also teamed with Grammy nominated producer John Feldmann (blink-182, Panic! At the Disco) and Howard Benson (Of Mice & Men, My Chemical Romance). The result is an album built on impassioned vocals, sing-along choruses, and deeply heartfelt lyrics.

Over the course of the last 10 years, Mayday Parade has sold more than a million albums. Four of their releases have sold over 100,000 units each, with their most successful album (2007’s A Lesson In Romantics) selling more than a half-million copies. They have 60+ videos on YouTube with over 1 million views, and their songs have amassed over 350 million streams in the US alone.