The wait is over for The Way We Are, the highly anticipated debut full-length from singer/songwriter Cory Wells.The Way We Are is out now via Pure Noise Records, and has recently garnered attention from Rock Sound and Substream Magazine for singles “Cement” and “Broken.” The album is available for purchase at smarturl.it/CoryWells.
“Four years in the making and I cannot be more proud of this collection of songs,” shares Wells.”It portrays sadness, anger, despair, happiness, uncertainty, regret, and so much more. It’s my life. Its your life. It’s about what its like to be human. Without the bad, the good would mean nothing. It would just be normal. I hope people can appreciate the emotions put into this record as well as the various feels and styles it represents. It’s the way we are.“
Wells is currently on tour in the UK/EU with Dashboard Confessional, and will be joining The Spill Canvas in the United States later this month. For a full list of upcoming shows, please see below or visit: www.corywellsofficial.com.
Across his debut album’s 12 songs, Wells plays the role of shapeshifter: Just when you’ve got him figured out, he unleashes new musical elements – a ferocious scream (“Walk Away“) that eventually gives way to soaring falsetto (“Cement“), stirring acoustic guitar that crescendos into fiery full-band fare. The ghosts of new-era emo torchbearers (including Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba, a contributor on “Fall Apart“) are alive and well in his lush beds of acoustic-based rock, but Wells isn’t actively summoning them. Rather, he’s a decidedly patient songwriter, waiting for the right time to pair a searing lyric with the throat-shredding vocal performance it demands.
Wells launched his solo project in 2017 with his first release for Pure Noise Records, the How to Tear Apart the Ones You Love EP, and follow-up single “End of a Good Thing” quickly became a viral hit in 2018, racking up millions of YouTube views and Spotify streams and introducing fans around the world to Wells’ storytelling.
At this point in his still-young career as a solo artist, Wells is in an enviable position: As a true student of music in all its styles and forms (“Every genre has its place, and I appreciate something from all of it.“), he’s a songwriter without limits. He’s already masterfully distilled the songs of his youth – the emotional ferocity of metal, the heart-on-sleeve confessionalism of emo and salt-of-the-earth universality of folk – into the music of his present, and looking forward, there seems to be no telling how Wells’ music will evolve from here.
You get the sense the singer prefers it that way. As it stands, he’s having too much fun keeping listeners – and even himself – anticipating what will come next.
“I could write a ton of different styles of songs, but as long as I sing them like I mean it, the songs will resonate,” he says. “I played metal because I liked it. I play this music because I love it.“
Wells’ debut full-length album The Way We Are is out now via Pure Noise Records. To pre-order, please visit: smarturl.it/CoryWells.
For More Information, please visit:
Website: www.corywellsofficial.com
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Twitter: www.twitter.com/corywellsmusic
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The Way We Are Tracklisting:
1. Distant
2. Keiko
3. Wildfire
4. Harbor
5. Broken
6. Fall Apart
7. Waiting
8. End Of A Good Thing
9. Patience
10. Walk Away
11. Lost
12. Cement
Upcoming Tour Dates:
11/15 – London, UK @St. Pancras Old Church – Sold Out **
11/17 – Paris, FR @ Boule Noire **
11/18 – Brussels, BEL @ AB Club **
11/19 – Munchen, GER @ Feierwek **
11/20 – Berlin, GER @ Privatclub – Sold Out **
11/22 – Cologne, GER @ Luxor – Sold Out **
11/23 – Eindhoven, NL @ Dynamo11/29 – Saint Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Hall **
11/30 – Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
12/1 – Columbus, OH @ Skullys Music Diner
12/3 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
12/4 – Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
12/5 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahalls
12/6 – Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
12/7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
12/8 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
12/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
12/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
12/12 – College Park, MD @ Milkboy Arthouse
12/13 – Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger
12/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
12/15 – Orlando, FL @ Sound Bar
** – Show with Dashboard Confessional
