Rise Against Release “Prizefighter”
As the follow-up to the single “Nod,” Rise Against has released “Prizefighter.”
“‘Prizefighter’ is about a compulsion to create, that then creates an audience, and then your connection with that audience and your responsibilities to that audience, and how much an artist is obliged to that audience,” shared the band’s vocalist/lyricist Tim McIlrath. “It’s trying to reconcile the shift from spectator to the public arena, and what you owe the people that are your fans versus what you owe your own mental health.”
Prizefighter
Nod
Rise Against’s follow-up to ’21’s “Nowhere Generation” album is tentatively due later in the year.” This is our tenth record — we’ve been doing this for a long time — and so it’s very organic in terms of timing,” McIlrath explained. “When ideas started percolating and we started sharing them. We were, like, ‘Okay, I think we have some songs here. Let’s start putting them together.’ And then we just took our time putting those songs together.”
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