Watch Four Year Strong's 'bad habit' Video

07-16-2024 1:44 PM EDT

(Big Picture Media) Four Year Strong have today shared their new single "bad habit", along with an official music video. A muscular, tom-heavy track, "bad habit" is the latest from the band's forthcoming album analysis paralysis, set to be released on August 9 via Pure Noise Records.

The band is currently on tour in North America with A Day To Remember and The Story So Far. They'll also recently appeared at Four Chord Music Festival and will be performing at When We Were Young Festival this October.

When it was time for Four Year Strong to prep what would become their sixth album, analysis paralysis, they were truly, finally, stumped. Vocalist/guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day showed up to producer Will Putney's studio on day one of recording without a single finished song, in stark contrast to the 40-some ideas they brought to the table for 2020's Brain Pain.

The two spent those early days in a bedroom at Putney's house talking about, and listening to, music, desperate for a spark of inspiration. They found it by looking back: at what made Brain Pain a success and even the genesis of Four Year Strong as a band as they rode their trademark sound - pop-punk energy, dexterous riffage and caustic hardcore spirit - to the top of the underground in the late aughts. Within a month, they'd completed nearly 80% of the album, like the ominous, metal-meets-industrial "aftermath / afterthought." They melded combustible hardcore rhythms with '90s alt-rock melodic bliss ("uncooked"), dabbled in rough-around-the-edges reggae ("out of touch") and swerved between vibe-heavy synths and thunderous breakdowns ("STFIL").

The result is an album that expands their classic sound in exciting ways - but through it all, it's unmistakably them: O'Connor and Day's distinctive vocals atop the airtight rhythm section prowess drummer Jake Massucco and bassist Joe Weiss provide. This deep into their career, there's really nothing that doesn't sound like Four Year Strong with these four involved.

Upcoming Tour Dates w/A Day To Remember, The Story So Far:
7/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ KIA Forum
7/19 - Fresno, CA @ Sellant Arena
7/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
7/22 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/24 - La Vista, NE (Omaha) @ The Astro Amphitheater
7/25 - Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/26 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
7/28 - Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium

Upcoming Festival Dates:
10/19 - Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Music Festival
10/20 - Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Music Festival