Special Interest Announce New Album ‘Endure’
Special Interest are uncompromising in all respects: in their daring musical choices, their exuberant live shows, and their beliefs.
On Friday, November 4, 2022, New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest will release Endure, their third album and their first for Rough Trade Records. Lead single ‘Midnight Legend’ stars legendary rapper, performance artist, poet, and activist Mykki Blanco, and comes with a breathtaking music video made by Special Interest vocalist Alli Logout. Self-produced, Endure was recorded at HighTower in New Orleans with James Whitten handling the engineering. Collin Dupuis (Angel Olsen, Yves Tumor, Lana Del Rey) handled the mixing, while Matt Colton at Metropolis in London handled the mastering.
“Midnight Legend” is described by Special Interest frontperson Alli Logout as “a love song to all the girls leaving the club at 6 AM, a love song to everybody who doesn’t have love around them. The ways we numb ourselves or participate in high-risk behavior because we all feel so isolated and alone is also very much enabled by clubs, institutions, and party 'friends.' This song is about listening to people who never actually get heard.” Logout’s video plays with these concepts: “I see the three legends portrayed in the video as a whole person, but all represent different processes of grief. You have the fucked-up outta their mind one, the slut phase one numbing themselves with bodies, and the moment when you are open to the world again and love can be let back in. They come together towards the end of the video, symbolizing coming back to yourself.”
A ‘Midnight Legend’ 7" (limited to 1000 copies) including both the Mykki Blanco-version of the single and the album version of the track is presently available. Endure is now available for pre-order through Rough Trade Records. Special Interest recently revealed headlining plans for September's West Coast tour, which will include a trip at Primavera LA. The November and December headline dates also include a December 8 stop at New York City's Bowery Ballroom.
Preorder you copy of Endurance here.
