The concept of an album is falling away a bit where people are just releasing EP’s or singles. It doesn’t revolve around one person, it’s about a bunch of different people. We had made this album, a true collection of songs where each song is necessary in order to convey what this entire story is about. After we were done making it, we did feel that it was going to resonate, but we had to not worry about what the new thing was in the industry. The thing about Shinedown, with the way the music industry changes and there being so much music out there, we had to know exactly how we wanted to approach this next record. Personally, it must be an incredible feeling to see it resonate with so many people. I remember being blown away by how much this music meant to you. When we first spoke about this record it was about four weeks before it was released. We’re looking into distribution right now, with hopes of getting it into as many theaters as possible. We have a timeline set for February of next year for it to premiere as a film. We want to make sure everybody is introduced to a brand-new character. For the past year I have been prepping what’s coming up here with 10 straight days of filming videos for all the remaining songs. There are four videos from the album that you can see now. To see the overwhelming response from the audience with the new songs is extremely gratifying and massively humbling. Whatever you really want out of your life, you have to go do it. It doesn’t matter how long it take to get there, just get there. Whatever your plan A is – you need to focus on that. A lot of what ATTENTION ATTENTION is and what it is becoming focuses on not having a plan B. It doesn’t matter where you come from the point is that you can find why you’re extraordinary. When we put the album together, we knew what we had in it being a story-record. We are embarking on the next phase of the record, which is essentially the second act. With all that’s transpired so far, how are you? What is the vibe within Shinedown right now? So, say it if you’re one of us, let’s count it down from 10 to one, because I (we) believe you can be whatever.ĪTTENTION ATTENTION has officially been out for 15 months, you’ve toured extensively and have really illuminated the deep messaging within the record. ATTENTION ATTENTION is doing what it sought out to do, and as Smith I discuss the profound impact here, it’s obvious that there’s desire for much more. Now as Shinedown prepares to fire up their engines for tours with Papa Roach and Alter Bridge respectively, they are also deeply thinking about how the lives this record has already touched can multiply. But they linked arms, threw a few instruments and a microphone on their backs and realized – “finding someone you can trust gets results.” They have lived “my monsters are real”, cleared their throats, caught their breath, and at times let their hearts bleed out until there was nothing left. The most sincere component here is that Shinedown embody their mission. I say “break” loosely because he was in Los Angeles about to begin shooting a lengthy music video project that goes along with the band’s sixth studio record, ATTENTION ATTENTION – which has been chart-topping since it’s 2018 release, simultaneously hitting #1 on Billboard’s Alternative, Top Rock and Hard Rock Albums Charts, while spawning #1 Active Rock hit “DEVIL,” and the rousing track “THE HUMAN RADIO”, in addition to “GET UP” and “MONSTERS.”Īnd that was all in phase one of the album run as much of the story is still to unfold. Today, tomorrow and the next… just gotta keep movin’.ĭuring a recent three-week summer tour break, I had the chance to speak with Smith. And like frontman, Brent Smith – my plan B is to not have a plan B. Like Shinedown, I don’t hear a word they say.
Sometimes my friends all say I’m going crazy. It’s fair to say nothing about me is ordinary.
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And suddenly in a room full of mirrors “I figured it out” … “It’s my day to be brilliant.” It may feel like it takes forever, but you gotta try, …you can pull yourself back together. You erupt because it’s better late than never. You speak up, because no one heard your name (yet). So, you wake up and pull yourself together. It’s never gonna matter if you win first place because we’re all the same. You see, life’s too short to run it like a race. And the voices in your head are legendary. In a room full of mirrors, there’s only one way out. Guess you might say I’m a little intense, but take it from me, you’re not the only one who can’t see straight. I know you’re clinging to the light of day. Photo by: Sanjay Parikh The road to phase two of Shinedown’s most prolific record, with frontman Brent Smith
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