Metal Anarchy

The Devil Wears Prada vocalist Mike Hranica has launched a new solo project called Town Of Lake. His first album, “Lilac,” will be released on October 4 and its first single, “No Gloss,” can be found below:

“Lilac” Track Listing:

01. “Shall I Let You Leave Me + Sin Título”
02. “Can Of Soup”
03. “No Gloss”
04. “The Valley”
05. “Death Of A Neighborhood”
06. “Reading Off My Dreams”
07. “Tumult / Cheater”
08. “Where At?”
09. “How I Feel”
10. “Drops Gather”

Hranica commented:

“Hearing ‘Songs About Fucking‘ for the first time. Hearing ‘Filth‘ for the first time. Hearing ‘Goat‘ for the first time. First time reading ‘Nausea.’ First time reading ‘Lolita.’ These experiences are monumental in guiding what I create.”/

For most of ‘Lilac‘, the lyric would either directly dictate the sounds or the sounds would directly dictate the lyric. Everything was tracked at Bricktop. Certainly not a remote project. [Mason Nagy, Andy Nelson, and I] cooked up everything there in Chicago. In terms of the instrumentation I think we each played everything at one point. Andy is certainly the most learned with keyboards, so he cornered most of those sounds. I handled the songs’ writing, their inception, their lyrics, and most electric guitar. Mason cornered 99% of bass. All in all, improvisation plays a huge part in my songs for Town of Lake.

I have no care or concern for Town of Lake’s appeal. I’ve been playing in The Devil Wears Prada since the band’s inception and I fully recognize that music on a more challenging scale will not likely be received as openly.”