Converge frontman Jacob Bannon's Wear Your Wounds will be releasing its debut album via Deathwish on April 7, 2017. The project taps guitarists Kurt Ballou (Converge), Mike McKenzie (The Red Chord, Stomach Earth), and Sean Martin (ex-Hatebreed, Twitching Tongues), as well as drummer Chris Maggio (Sleigh Bells, Trap Them, Coliseum).
Now it has been revealed that Wear Your Wounds will be playing Roadburn 2017, curated by Baroness' John Baizley, and the band's lineup will consist of most of the above members. Ballou will not be making the trek to the Het Patronaat in Tilburg for the April 22 show, but in his place will be guitarist Adam McGrath (Cave In, Zozobra).
Here's what Baizley had to say about the performance, and why he chose them.
“It is a great honor to bring Wear Your Wounds to Europe for their first ever shows with 2017’s Roadburn. I have always considered myself extremely lucky to have spent the majority of my life involved with DIY music. One of the many wonderful things it has given me are the many friendships I’ve made on the great variety of tours Baroness has done.
I met Jake Bannon (Wear Your Wounds) when I toured with Converge in 2008. Since that time, we have remained friends, we have collaborated on several projects together, and have, at times, given each other early insight into our various musical and visual projects. I was lucky enough to have heard a preview of Wear Your Wounds a few years ago while Jake was assembling the nascent, yet vast tapestry of sounds and songs he will be releasing April 7, 2017, two weeks prior to Roadburn.
With this upcoming release we will gain further insight to Jake’s ever-evolving sense of artistry through sound, along with a huge list of incredible collaborators. Throw any and all assumptions aside; this is an expectation-destroying album, one which just so happens to be right up my alley, musically speaking. I’ve never seen them perform (who has, really?) so it goes without saying that I will be front and center for this moment."
You can read a little more about the upcoming Wear Your Wounds album here.
