# GAB DE LA VEGA Goes Back To His Punk Roots With New Single “Preaching To The Choir”

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- Published: 2024-02-09T15:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Gab De La Vega goes back to his punk roots with new single “Preaching To The Choir”**

#### **Third single off upcoming album “Life Burns” out March 1st**

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_“If you don’t know the name Gab De La Vega yet, you might be more familiar with
some of the bands he’s shared stages with: Frank Turner, Against Me!, Laura Jane
Grace, PUP, Chuck Ragan, Joey Cape.”- **New Noise Magazine**_

**Gab De La Vega** goes back to his punk roots with the new incendiary single **“
Preaching To The Choir”**, the third single from the upcoming album **“Life Burns,”**
set for release on March 1, 2024.

“Life Burns” is being released by SBÄM Records worldwide, in collaboration with 
Sell The Heart Records (United States), Epidemic Records, Motorcity Produzioni, 
and Overdrive (all in Italy).

**Stream the single here:** [https://bfan.link/preaching-to-the-choir](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=21810354.57253.1.34e8cc6fb3aa6854ad31f6ff202acb66)

**Watch the video:** [https://youtu.be/6SN_fIyIVEo](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=21810354.57252.1.1ea8c30755b573d306e1c8f316561541)

Gab De La Vega - Preaching To The Choir (Official Music Video SBÄM Records 2024)

[⌊Gab De La Vega - Preaching To The Choir (Official Music Video SBÄM Records 2024)⌉⌊
Gab De La Vega - Preaching To The Choir (Official Music Video SBÄM Records 2024)⌉

Watch this video on YouTube

These few months have seen Gab De La Vega unveil two different faces of the new 
album, with the single “Off My Chest”, a powerful track driven by dynamic drum beats
and fierce guitar riffs and “Northern Lights”, a groovy yet intimate song that exposed
listeners to more balanced but elaborate sounds.

If these two singles were already giving the impression that “Life Burns” is set
to be one of the most multi-faceted albums in 2024, “Preaching To The Choir” adds
other elements to this equation, opening another front in the musical variety that
composes what is going to be Gab De La Vega’s fourth studio album.

The single reconnects De La Vega’s songwriting with his punk and hardcore roots,
giving the impression that some lessons learned can’t ever be forgotten: the spontaneity
with which the song reaches the listener shows how deep the italian-born singer-
songwriter’s punk roots go.

“The music, the message” has always been an adage of punk since the beginning and
this single is no exception. Gab De La Vega delivers a song that can potentially
become one of those punk rock anthems to be sung along at the top of your lungs.

Gab De La Vega comments: _“Preaching To The Choir is a punk song. Period. I felt
the urge the express myself in a very familiar language, one I learned many years
ago and that stuck to me, that shaped me and became a part of me._

_“It feels great to be able to take my music in any direction I want, explore my
songwriting freely and then go back to my roots and feel so much at ease._

[⌊Gab De La Vega⌉⌊Gab De La Vega⌉[

Photo: Ronnie Amighetti

_“Preaching To The Choir is a punk song from the perspective of someone who grew
up in the punk and hardcore community, who learned so much from it, but now sees
that sometimes things don’t work out as they are supposed to. Things that once were
those we criticized in the “outer world” become standard even in our community, 
which is far for being flawless, but still needs and deserves respect, dedication
and honest commitment to keep punk rock the positive force for a change in the world
we grew up with. _

_“It is here and now, it’s alive, it’s a minor but yet significant threat to a world
that suffocates creativity, freedom of expression and the importance of creating
bonds, bridges between people. The effectiveness of the punk message is wasted if
it’s self-referential. It becomes a re-enactment, the ceremony of a dying religion.
The strength of punk was, has been, and hopefully always will be its capacity to
create strong bonds within its community and on the other hand project to the heart
of society, to shake it, to wake it up and try to make it better. This song is about
this.”_

The energy of the song is matched by the video by Ronnie Amighetti, which reconnects
this particular song with “Off My Chest”. Gab De La Vega says: _“We shot this video
along with the one we shot for “Off My Chest”. We thought that there was a connection,
a sort of continuity between the two, not just stylistically, but more in the intents.
If “Off My Chest” is a song “about me”, “Preaching To The Choir” is a song “about
us”._

_“The setting was a live production warehouse and the band is simply practicing,
because we wanted it to capture the energy that comes from playing this song along
with my backing band, The Open Cages.”_

As a seasoned performer, Gab De La Vega’s journey has spanned across Europe, including
the UK, the US East Coast, Canada, and South America, sharing stages with prominent
artists such as Frank Turner, Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace, PUP, Chuck Ragan, Joey
Cape and more. In 2022 he appeared with his band at Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings
Festival in Berlin, at the British singer-songwriter’s invitation and he recently
embarked on the “Road to the Next Chapter Tour” in 2023, bridging the gap between
his third record, “Beyond Space And Time,” and the upcoming album.

“Preaching To The Choir” and “Life Burns” were co-produced by Simone Piccinelli 
and Gab De La Vega at La Buca Recording Club (Montichiari, Italy). The single cover
artwork was crafted by Christophe Bonardi, with layout design by Gab De La Vega.

The labels involved have started pre-orders for the physical release of “Life Burns”(
to be released March 1), which see the album released on vinyl, CD and tape. Preorders
are available here: [https://linktr.ee/gabdelavega](https://linktr.ee/gabdelavega)
at SBÄM Records (Worldwide, including their partner stores in UK and Canada – vinyl
and CD), Sell The Heart Records (USA – vinyl and CD), Epidemic Records (covering
Italy along with Motorcity Produzioni – vinyl and CD) and Overdrive (Italy – tape).

As release day approaches, Gab De La Vega has already announced a release party 
for “Life Burns”: he’ll be performing with his band The Open Cages at Monamì Live
Social Space in Montichiari (Brescia, Italy) on March 9th. A tour with full band
as well as solo acoustic performances will follow.

**Pre-orders are available here:** [https://linktr.ee/gabdelavega](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=21810354.57254.1.23f9738cea81ad6fbf31e3879cbbf849)

Preorders are available at SBÄM Records (Worldwide, including their partner stores
in UK and Canada – vinyl and CD), Sell The Heart Records (USA – vinyl and CD), Epidemic
Records (covering Italy along with Motorcity Produzioni –(vinyl and CD) and Overdrive(
Italy –tape).

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