SeeYouSpaceCowboy have released “Chewing The Scenery,” their first proper new single since 2021’s great The Romance of Affliction. Lead vocalist Connie Sgarbossa recently tweeted “‘Stop calling us metalcore’ is gonna be our new ‘stop calling us screamo’ after this new album,” and “Chewing The Scenery” does have a straight-up metalcore breakdown, but it also finds SYSC leaning into glossy, catchy, mid 2000s-style emo-pop more than ever before. They’re just as good at clean-sung bliss as they are at harsh brutality, and this song has both in nearly-equal measure. Connie says:
This is one of the first songs we wrote when we locked ourselves in a cabin in the Poconos to figure out what we wanted to do with the sound of SYSC moving forward. Somehow, me saying I wanted a waltz part in a song turned into this expansion of the chaotic post-hardcore sound we had done on The Romance Of Affliction but with sprinkles of new “brighter” elements we wanted to sprinkle into the new songs that we were making. This track served as a proof of concept for the beginning of playing around with whatever we wanted to and showed us that we can push without the confines of genre and style and still create something that sounded cohesive.
Lyrically, this song reflects the melodrama and conflict of relationships but recontextualized as a theatrical play you are putting on for the world. It deals with the debate about whether love can be just bliss and happiness, or if you have to acknowledge and accept the pain and frustration that can and most likely will accompany it, as well as dealing with that realization. “This act is a charade / we forgot our lines / it’s time to improvise / shred this useless script / Let’s get a round of applause.”
The song was produced by Matt Squire (Taking Back Sunday, Panic! at the Disco, etc), and you can hear it below.
SYSC are also opening nothing,nowhere.‘s upcoming tour, alongside Static Dress and UnityTX. That hits NYC on September 6 at Gramercy Theatre. All dates are listed below.
NOTHING,NOWHERE. / SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY / STATIC DRESS / UNITYTX: 2023 TOUR
September 5th in Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
September 6th in New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
September 8th in Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
September 9th in Philadelphia, PA @ The TLA
September 10th in Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
September 12th in Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird
September 13th in Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix
September 14th in Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
September 16th in Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest*
September 17th in Cleveland, OH @ The Roxy
September 18th in Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs
September 20th in Indianapolis, IN @ HiFi
September 21st in Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life*
September 22nd in St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag
September 23rd in Atlanta, GA @ Heaven @ The Masquerade
September 25th in Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
September 26th in Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
September 28th in Austin, TX @ Empire Garage
September 29th in Dallas, TX @ The Studio @ The Factory
October 1st in Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
October 2nd in Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
October 3rd in Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
October 5th in Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock*
October 6th in Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
October 8th in Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
October 10th in Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
October 11th in San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
October 12th in Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
* = Festival (nothing,nowhere. only)
