Rock band L.S. Dunes has today shared their new single “Paper Tigers”, out now via Fantasy Records. “Paper Tigers” marks the third track to be released from the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Violet, which will be out in full on 31st January , 2025. Stream the haunting new song now here, and watch the visualiser, created by Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta) here
“I think when I initially started writing the chord progression for this song I was originally writing it for myself, because it didn’t feel like an L.S. Dunes song to me, and if it was an L.S. Dunes song, it would most certainly be a departure from what we had done in the past,” recalls Frank Iero. “And then I started to think well, that’s really silly of me, why wouldn’t Dunes be able to do something like this? If I want listeners to not put us in a box and believe we can do anything then I’m going to have to believe it first. So I reworked the progression a little bit and sent it over. Hearing it now, I can’t believe I ever doubted it. Paper Tigers was always an L.S. Dunes song. Together we can do anything.”
Adds Tucker Rule: “This is the song I listen to most on our record. Yes, I listen to my own record because I think it’s that good. This song scratches all the itches… sludgy tempo, heavy ballad, mega riffs, soaring vocals and lots of space to play cool drums. This would be one of the songs I’d take to the deserted island with me. This is my favourite song on the record!”
On the new album Travis Stever shares, “‘Violet’ is a sonic journey into the depths of every band member of L.S. Dunes. The collaborative efforts to bring each song to a full potential came naturally. It’s the album that has always lived in us individually but could only be made together. It has melodies that have lived within me since I was a child. It was only with this band I would be able to find a place where they could find a home in song.”
Pre-orders for Violet are available now here.
L.S. Dunes recently performed at When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas. The band have announced they will also be returning to the UK and Europe in early 2025 to support Rise Against. Full list of dates below.
Rise Against 2025 UK and EU tour dates
Tuesday January 28 – 3Olympia, Dublin, IE
Wednesday January 29 – Telegraph, Belfast, NI
Sunday February 2 – L’Olympia, Paris, FR
Tuesday February 4 – O13, Tillburg, NL
Wednesday February 5 – Forrest National, Brussels, BE
Thursday February 6 – O2 Brixton Academy, London, UK
Saturday February 8 – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
Sunday February 9 – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
Wednesday February 12 – Velodrom, Berlin, DE
Friday February 14 – Mitsubishi Electric Hall, Düsseldorf, DE
Saturday February 15 – Sporthalle, Hamburg, DE
Monday February 17 – Zenith, Munich, DE
Tuesday February 18 – myticket Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, DE
Friday, February 21 – Volkshaus, Zurich, CH
Saturday, February 22 – Stadthalle, Vienna, AT
