# THE ROCKET SUMMER Dives Into Fresh Waters On New Album ‘SHADOWKASTERS’ Out May 12

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/the-rocket-summer-dives-into-fresh-waters-on-new-album-shadowkasters-out-may-12/
- Published: 2023-03-27T13:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“**I feel like I went through the wardrobe into Narnia and returned with this album**.”–
_Bryce Avary, The Rocket Summer_

**THE ROCKET SUMMER**
**Dives Into Fresh Waters On New Album **_**SHADOWKASTERS –**_**
Out May 12**

**“Sing At The Top” Out Friday March 24**

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**Bryce Avary of THE ROCKET SUMMER**
Photo credit:: The Rocket Summer

**MARCH 21, 2023 (Dallas, TX) — **“I let myself tap in and reset with this one creatively,”
says **_THE ROCKET SUMMER_** brainchild Bryce Avary about his newly announced studio
album **_SHADOWKASTERS_**, due out on **May 12** (pre-save digitally [here ](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=6237bc9d2e&e=615f2b8493)
and pre-order physically on 180 Gram Black Vinyl, Eco Mix Mystery Color Vinyl, CD,
and Glow In The Dark Cassette tapes, alongside pin sets hoodies and shirts [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=a706a59c39&e=615f2b8493)).

This follows the release of previous singles “[**M4U**](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2022/12/the-rocket-summer-escapes-into-an-isolated-distorted-trance-in-alt-rock-m4u-video/),”
and “[**Stuck Inside Your Light**](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/01/the-rocket-summer-kicks-off-2023-with-euphoric-stuck-inside-your-light/)”(
Named by **Rolling Stone** as a Song You Need To Know). A departure from what some
might expect from the piano-driven alt–pop rocker, the new album dives deeper into
the synth-enriched waters he waded in on his most recent albums and swims effortlessly
into darker, keyboard-driven and affected guitar depths.

“I felt this tangible tug to tap into the long inherent but sonically neglected 
places of my heart and simply begin exhaling from there,” continues Avary. “What
happened was a creative release and outflow that I’ve never really had before.”

_SHADOWKASTERS _truly chronicles The Rocket Summer’s exploration of these electronic
textures, all while still supporting Avary’s love of 90s indie music that has always
influenced him. The next taste of _SHADOWKASTERS _comes this Friday, **March 24**,
when The Rocket Summer’s brand new single “**Sing At The Top**” will be released(
Pre-save [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=aa216067cf&e=615f2b8493)).

“I had begun writing fictional stories as a creative exercise,” explains Avary. “
I started to make what I referred to as ‘tiny soundtracks’ to these unreleased films
in my mind. Ultimately that process opened long inherent but sonically neglected
places of the soul and, from there, I began to exhale. I kept drawing from that 
well to the point where there was a hard drive full of all of these unique songs
with this special energy. I feel like I went through the wardrobe into Narnia and
returned with this album.”  

The Rocket Summer - Sing At The Top (Official Visualizer)

[⌊The Rocket Summer - Sing At The Top (Official Visualizer)⌉⌊The Rocket Summer -
Sing At The Top (Official Visualizer)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

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The tone of _SHADOWKASTERS _evokes the sounds one might envision within the walls
of electronic dance clubs, UK dance punk halls, and R&B-thumping venues, but with
a mix and filtering unique to Avary’s creative lens, as inventive and penetrating
amongst his evolving discography.

There are the slow synth stutters and freakouts over Avary’s soaring vocals on “**
Eyes 2 The Skies**,” as well as the sitar-infused with blasts of intergalactic electronica
on “**Do You See Your Dreamscapes In Your Dreams Before The Dreams Escape When The
Sun Beams**.” “**Disco In Circles**” transforms turntable screeches turned into 
a percussive, eerie backdrop over Avary’s placid singing. Meanwhile, **“Off The 
Hinge**” features a breezy piano intro, before evolving into a blast beats tinged
gritty punk wail.

“A lot of this album has been done for quite some time and was made during the isolation
period of the pandemic,” says Avary. “So it’s almost like a compilation album of
songs recorded over a couple of years that I felt made sense together in a sequence.
I’ve always played all of the instruments on Rocket Summer albums.

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Still, there was a different energy that fueled many of these songs that came from
seeking joy by way of discovering, manipulating, and getting lost in new sounds 
because I was simply alone for so much of it. It is by far the most instrumentally
nuanced album I’ve ever made.”  

Dubbed “a master of creating anthems” by Paste Magazine and named by Alternative
Press as “100 Artists You Need To Know”, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and 
producer The Rocket Summer has been a musical force since exploding onto the scene
as a teenager in the early 2000s. Charging out of Texas and onto the international
stage, fans have flocked to Avary’s optimistic and exuberant songcraft, polymath
live show, and the fan community it inspires.

“I suppose I hope people feel the magic I felt when I was making it and that it 
ultimately leads to joy and inspiration,” concludes Avary. “A lot of these creative
explosions were my lifelines during such a wild era.”

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[[**THE ROCKET SUMMER
_SHADOWKASTERS _Tracklisting 

1. [M4U](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=7c8580d39a&e=615f2b8493)

2. Eyes 2 Skies3. Sing At The Top4. [Stuck Inside Your Light](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=28f9095a4e&e=615f2b8493)
5. Do You See Dreamscapes In Your Dreams Before The Dreams Escape When The Sun Beams6.
Hope Is A Treacherous Drug I’m Getting High Though7. Disco In Circles8. Off The 
Hinge9. Vanillanor Figby10. Aloha, Hello11. I Say, I Say  

The Rocket Summer - SHADOWKASTERS - New Album Announce

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Watch this video on YouTube

**The Rocket Summer  “Sing At The Top (Preview)”**

[[_**SHADOWKASTERS **_by **The Rocket Summer** will be released on** May 12** on **Aviate Records**. “**Sing At The Top**” will be released on March 24. You can pre-save _SHADOWKASTERS _digitally [here ](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5b857e7ebc&e=615f2b8493)and physically[
here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c40291f0f6&e=615f2b8493). You can
pre-save “**Sing At The Top**” [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5d6ef1085c&e=615f2b8493).

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