Knocked Loose announces 2022 Tour Dates

*A Tear in the Fabric* *of Life* Track Listing:
1. Where Light Divides the Holler
2. God Knows
3. Forced to Stay
4. Contorted in the Faille
5. Return to Passion
6. Permanent

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH AT 10AM LOCAL HERE

Knocked Loose Live Dates:

Mar 31: Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl ~

Apr 01: St. Louis, MO - Red Flag

Apr 02: Joliet, IL - The Forge

Apr 03: Columbus, OH - The Athenaeum

Apr 05: Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Sound Stage

Apr 06: Reading, PA - Reverb

Apr 07: Norfolk, VA - The NorVa

Apr 08: Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel

Apr 10: Orlando, FL - House of Blues

Apr 12: Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade

Apr 15: Austin, TX - Emo's

Apr 16: Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater

Apr 17: Oklahoma City, OK - Beer City Music Hall

Apr 19: Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater

Apr 20: Tucson, AZ - Encore

Apr 22: San Diego, CA - SOMA

Apr 24: Pomona, CA - Fox Theater

Apr 26: Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex

Apr 27: Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

Apr 28: Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom

Apr 29: Milwaukee, WI - The Rave II

Apr 30: Ft. Wayne, IN - Piere's Entertainment Center

May 01: Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection

May 03: Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom

May 04: Albany, NY - Empire Live

May 05: Providence, RI - Fete Music Hall

May 06: Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom

May 07: New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall

May 08: Huntington, NY - The Paramount

(Oldham County, KY) December 6, 2021: Just after a massive sold out headlining 2021 tour, a leg with Gojira, and a highly lauded new EP, Knocked Loose have announced another extensive headlining U.S. tour which kicks off March 31, 2022 in Nashville, TN. Movements will join this as direct support along with openers Kublai Khan and Koyo. The tour wraps around the states and includes performances in Austin, Pomona, Denver, Atlanta and more. See below for a full list of dates. Tickets go on sale this Friday December 10th at 10AM Local HERE. For early fan pre-sales and to keep up with the latest, follow on Knocked Loose’s Instagram here.

Their stunning and visionary EP - A Tear in the Fabric of Life was released in October of this year via Pure Noise to overwhelming acclaim. It’s their most dynamic and contained offering to date, and a balancing act: a mid-length EP with grand ambitions and scope, one full of new sonic elements and a cohesive aesthetic that hangs onto Knocked Loose’s trademark anthemic delivery.

A Tear in the Fabric of Life is a story written by Knocked Loose frontman/lyricist Bryan Garris and comes to life within an extraordinary animated film directed and created by Swedish filmmaker Magnus Jonsson, who is known for his visual curiosity and often exploring dark themes, in abstract and surreal worlds.

A Tear expands on the narratives hinted at on A Different Shade of Blue, their highly lauded 2019 full-length that cemented them as one of heavy music’s most prominent acts. With quarantine upending their extensive touring schedule — “we’ve kind of been consistently on the road since 2014,” says Garris — the group found themselves in early 2020 sequestered near their hometown of Louisville, in Oldham County, Kentucky. By June, they were hunkered down in a cabin in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, focused on writing a concept album. By the end of September they had finished recording A Tear in the Fabric of Life.

Musically, the songs were written in order and speak to each other. On the opener, “Where Light Divides the Holler,” ambient sounds of a radio switching give way to a harsh, punishing breakdown. “Permanent,” the closer, is crushing, and ends in a majestic, almost soundtrack-like ring-out. In between there are new elements — guitars droning out, radio interludes, vocal-only suites — and the immediate heaviness listeners have come to expect from Knocked Loose. It’s hardcore, filtered through what Garris says is a more prominent death metal influence. The new sounds the band never tried before have the goal, guitarist Isaac Hale says, of making everything sound “more extreme and more abrasive.”

Which is saying something. Young, but accomplished — along with Garris and Hale, there’s Kevin Otten (bass) and Kevin “Pacsun” Kaine (drums), everyone in their mid to late twenties — the band’s been trading on heaviness for a while. “We’ve written a lot of songs,” says Hale, “and a lot of breakdowns.” Their discography — along with Blue, there’s Laugh Tracks, from 2016, both on Pure Noise, as well as a demo and a handful of singles — is full of them. Every record up to A Tear has been very much hardcore, building off its predecessor, adding some metal and higher emotional stakes. More growth means more heaviness. Says Hale, “nothing gets taken away.”

So too with A Tear, which is a massive progression, but not a departure. The end result feels like a stress test: six songs that speak to each other in a language that’s equal parts Phil Spector and death metal and that balance the tension between technical mastery and catchiness. This is Knocked Loose, distilled, and taking a leap.