# Oklahoma City Post-Hardcore Titans TRAINDODGE Reveal “The New Low”

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/oklahoma-city-post-hardcore-titans-traindodge-reveal-the-new-low/
- Published: 2023-08-07T16:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Oklahoma City Post-Hardcore Titans Traindodge Reveal “The New Low”**

#### **Track Appears on Upcoming LP ‘The Alley Parade’ Out September 22 on Spartan Records  **

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_“The song’s brash, discordant, bass-heavy post-hardcore sounds as powerful as Traindodge
did in the ’90s.”- _**_Brooklynvegan_**

After two decades of timeless records, Oklahoma City’s **Traindodge** continues 
their post-hardcore dynasty with the release of their eighth LP, ‘**The Alley Parade’**,
due out on **September 22, via Spartan Records**.

Upon the release of the album’s second single **“The New Low”**, vocalist/guitarist
Jason Smith says, _“The New Low. It’s about seeing what you want to see in someone
regardless of where it might lead you. Sometimes you find that you hold vastly different
definitions of the same words you’re using with someone. Then gradually you realize
you’ve been having conversations of pure insanity with them the entire time.”_

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**Stream the single “The New Low” on Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOBtF5rv6T4&t=3s](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d17755558.45553.1.eadddf12979740bc6bd68d66db4e2ca0&umid=3ec1d9f1-b058-48ff-a3d3-b0bd5c0f20f9&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-d437ed784b6bbaefeeb9087a0e71d649fddd7053)**

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While the band’s collection of canonized albums have become required listening for
every budding heavy band since the 90s, and their legacy of hundreds of shows (sharing
stages with the likes of **Mudhoney, Cursive, Avail, and Botch**, to name a few)
has impacted thousands, perhaps the biggest mystery surrounding Traindodge is how
under-the-radar this band has flown throughout its prolific career. Whether it be
a nod to the band’s integrity or an unwillingness to conform for commercial success,
as journalist Jason Heller put it, _“Unlike the hordes of post-hardcore wannabes
who think screams, noise and posing make the band, Traindodge synthesizes brainpower
and horsepower into a contorted, rock-heavy wallop that’ll leave you scratching 
your head as much as banging it.”_

In 1993, brothers Jason and Rob Smith joined bass guitarist Chris Allen in a pre-
existing band. Over the next three years, the three musicians connected deeply over
a shared love for the harder side of indie rock – **Fugazi, The Jesus Lizard, Jawbox**,
and much of the already buzzing Kansas City scene. After endless amounts of writing
and some natural lineup shifting, Traindodge was born.

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_Photo Credit: Dylan Johnson_

_“At the time, the loftiest goal I had was to go on tour and if we were lucky, make
one album. I figured we’d maybe last three to five years. That’s a long time when
you’re 22. None of us knew anyone who’d had a band that long,”_ says Jason Smith(
vocals/guitar). _“One thing that shifted for me [early on] was realizing that the
more I invested myself in the band, the more satisfying it got. _

_“Getting on the road and meeting like minded people confirmed for me that even 
the midwest can seem like a bigger place. Even through the flimsy ‘networks’ we 
were stumbling through in our first few years, I could gradually see the reality
of being that band that traveled around and woke up some unsuspecting crowds. Maybe
it’s a defect I have, but I just found that lifestyle really addictive. I still 
love it. Even in the down times we’ve had, I’ve always felt like I’m where I belong.”_

Fast-forward twenty seven years later, The Alley Parade is the band’s eighth full
length record, and first since 2016. The lineup also features second guitarist Ross
Lewis who joined Traindodge full time in 2011.

_“We’ve been chipping away at writing this record more or less since the last one
came out, which, with all of us not in the same city, and a global pandemic to boot,
took a sec,”_ says Rob Smith (drums/synth). _“Some of these songs were written in
2017, and some were finished weeks before we went into the studio last year. That
gives the newer songs a more spontaneous feel, while the older ones feel a bit more‘
lived in,’ and I think that’s a strength of the record – it is the most immediate,
accessible thing we’ve ever done.”_

While new in approach in some ways, longtime listeners of Traindodge can rest assured
that The Alley Parade packs just as much grit and punch as any of its recorded predecessors.

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