TODD JONES Explains NAILS’ Gap Between Albums & Falsities Around Their “Hiatus”

Nails – at present founding vocalist and guitarist Todd Jones alongside drummer Carlos Cruz (Warbringer), bassist Andrew Solis (Despise You, Apparition), and guitarist Shelby Lermo (Ulthar) – not too long ago introduced their first new document in eight years Each Bridge Burning due out on August 30.

In a current interview with the Punk Rock MBA, Jones cleared the air about Nails by no means truly happening hiatus, noting that the band was simply quiet – not useless.

“I by no means stated [we went on hiatus],” stated Jones as transcribed by Metallic Injection. “Even when you go to Apple Music there is a description for the band, it says the band ‘went on hiatus.’ It is like, no the band did not go on hiatus. There was some turnover with the musicians however I have been specializing in doing Nails. I’ve by no means had any plans to not do Nails. So yeah, issues are good.”

Jones mentions that Nails did put out a double single in 2019 named I Do not Wish to Know You, that means that there wasn’t whole useless area between 2016’s You Will By no means Be One Of Us and Each Bridge Burning.

“Sure and no. In 2019 we put out a two music single,” stated Jones. “We did put one thing out, nevertheless it wasn’t an album. The entire purpose for that was mainly I used to be form of burnt out. Nails up to now has sometimes put out data as soon as each three years. 2019 would have been the yr that we’d have put out one other document, however each time I picked up a guitar it was simply nothing was popping out of my arms that I appreciated or that I assumed was cool for Nails. Simply very uninspired, very form of burnt out.

“COVID hit the start of 2020 and round that point, like fairly early on into COVID is I separated from the members in Nails. We separated, and {the summertime} of 2020 I obtained requested to work with Terror on their new album which has been out – the Ache Into Energy document that they put out, I imagine that got here out in June of 2022 or Could of 2022. So we began engaged on that in the summertime of 2020, so I used to be specializing in that greater than I used to be specializing in Nails stuff or writing a brand new Nails document.

“So we did that each one the way in which up till the summer season of 2021 after which after that I began on the lookout for of us to play with. In 2020, nothing was actually occurring in any respect, so it was laborious for me to love go on the market and discover of us to play with. So I simply centered on that Terror document, after which in 2021 began taking part in with individuals. Summer time of 2022 is after I met met up with Carlos and began taking part in with him and you understand, we practiced as soon as each two weeks with some breaks in there and we simply wrote a document, me and Carlos and Shelby wrote a document collectively. We recorded that in October of 2023 and it is lastly popping out in August.”

Each Bridge Burning was produced by Kurt Ballou at God Metropolis Studio and options paintings by Jef Whitehead. Pre-orders are available here. You may as well catch Nails on the street with 200 Stab Wounds, Mammoth Grinder, and Tribal Gaze (and a few others) at one of many dates under. Tickets are available here.

w/ 200 Stab Wounds, Mammoth Grinder & Tribal Gaze

9/11 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
9/12 – Toronto, ON – The Axis Membership Theatre
9/13 – Detroit, MI – Tangent Gallery
9/14 – Chicago, IL – Avondale Music Corridor
9/15 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
9/16 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
9/17 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
9/18 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
9/19 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
9/20 – Brooklyn, NY – The Brooklyn Monarch (+ Stabbed)
9/21 – Worcester, MA – New England Metallic & Hardcore Competition @ The Palladium

w/ Xibalba, World Peace, Deadbody & Auditory Anguish

10/14 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco (w/ particular visitor Entry)
10/16 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick (no Xibalba)