SUM 41 are thrilled to get new music out to the patient, die-hard, dedicated fans who have been with them all along. Today they released a brand new song and music video off 13 Voices called, βFake My Own Death.β Directed by Marc Klasfeld, who previously worked with SUM 41 on their videos for βFat Lipβ, βIn Too Deepβ and βThe Hell Song,β βFake My Own Deathβ depicts the band performing on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles, where all their worst nightmares –including Kim Kardashian, Michael Jordan and Donald Trump — come to attack them.
βFake My Own Deathβ is the first listen off SUM 41βs forthcoming new album, 13 Voices, due out October 7th via Hopeless Records. Singer Deryck Whibley shares his thoughts behind βFake My Own Deathβ βI just wanted to get away from everything that I had been doing. I needed to start a new lifeΒ like faking my own deathβ. The ten-track album marks the band’s first LP in five years, following up 2011’s Screaming Bloody Murder, which featured the Grammy Nominated song “Blood In My Eyes”.
With the upcoming release of this album we see SUM 41 as an impenetrable unit putting everything theyβve got out into 13 Voices. The result is a dynamic, impassioned collection of melodic, guitar wielding, rock songs. βI canβt say whether this is our best record or not, as I donβt know if it isβ states Whibley βAll I can say is I did the best I possibly could during the toughest period of my lifeβ.
Whibley began writing for 13 Voices immediately following his four-month stint in the hospital. The frontman recallsΒ “I had to learn how to do everything again-my motor skills, learning how to play guitar again… I couldn’t even walk at the time. It was really difficult, but at the same time if I didn’t have a record to make, I don’t think I would have recovered as quickly. Writing music gave me a purpose. I had to get better”. As Whibley’s health improved, so did his ability to write songs, and 13 Voices soon began to take shape being recorded, produced and engineered by Deryck Whibley at his home in Los Angeles.
SUM 41 European dates:
Aug 11 – Rocco Del Schlacko Festival – Puttlingen (D)
Aug 13 – Taubertal Festival – Rothenburg (D)
Aug 14 – Sziget Festival – Budapest (HU)
Aug 18 – Open Air Gampel – Gampel (CH)
Aug 19 – Highfield Festival – Grossposna (D)
Aug 20 – Lowlands Festival – Biddinghuizen (NL)
Aug 22 – And There Come The Wolves Festival – Wiesen (CH)
Aug 23 – Forum Karlin – Prague (CZ)
Aug 24 – Chiemsee Summer Festival – Ubersee (D)
Aug 26 – Carroponte – Milan (I)
