8/16/2018 by Taylor Weatherby
MAE
Mae are keeping mid-2000s emocore alive with a new album due later this year. The rock band is premiering the second track from the forthcoming LP, "Let It Die," on Billboard today (Aug. 16), and it's everything a Mae fan would want: airy guitars, smooth vocals, and lyrics that give you all the feels.
Frontman Dave Elkins sings of a relationship that's on the rocks because of pain he caused, but the love with his partner is so strong that he hopes it will lead to forgiveness in the end. "When we talk about forgiveness/It's the way that we can love each other/Let it die so the death can bring life again," he sings over a wavy guitar riff on the song's chorus.
Though Elkins doesn't detail whether he wrote this song from personal experience, he knows the importance of forgiveness in a relationship. "One thing that makes little sense to the brain but can flow out of abundance from the heart simultaneously is love. And with that love, forgiveness and grace," he tells Billboard. "Life is short and life is also long. To view it through the paradoxical lens of forgiveness and to see all relationships and humanity this way first has to play a huge part of the pursuit of real love.
Everything can become more beautiful and truer even through pain. That seemed to me like a cool theme for a mid tempo catchy Mae song: the riddle and the renewal of forgiveness."
As part of the "Mae Day" events, guests will get a chance to share a meal with the band, hear an acoustic performance, witness a virtual reality one-on-one experience and more, all focused on the experience and narrative of this album. Fans can purchase tickets here.
Listen to "Let It Die" and check out Mae's tour dates below
I know I've hurt you
I've gone and made a mess tonight
With retaliation on my mind
I'm already through
It's a losing game
When we keep trading pain for pain
Oh I'm tired and I don't want to make the enemy out of you
When we wage war
And then peg the future to what came before
But when we talk about forgiveness
It's the way that we can love each other
Let it die so that death can bring life again
You know that I am hurt too
But I'm here to make amends tonight
Reconciliation on my mind
It's all I can do
It's a losing game
When we keep on trading blame for blame
Keeping count of all the wrongs we've made
Oh honey I'm through
Can we make peace?
So the anger and the pride release
And then we'll talk about forgiveness
It's the way that we can love each other
Let it die so that death can bring life again
Keep searching til we see it
And along the way we'll trust each other
Let it lie what is left is a light again
I want to see you
Again in time
With brand new eyes
I need you to see me
Invite the light
And darkness dies
And we make love the surrender
Then rise above
Then we can walk into forgiveness
It's the way we truly love each other
Let it die so that death can bring life again
Hold it high what is left is a light again
And when we talk about forgiveness
It's the way that we can love each other
Let it die so that death can bring life again
And keep on moving to forgiveness
(Hold it high what is left is a light again)
Then keep on moving to forgiveness
(Hold it high what is left is a light again)
Oct 06 – Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
Oct 07 – Nashville, TN @ Schematic Studios (MAE Day)
Oct 09 – Chicago, IL @ Chubas (MAE Day)
Oct 10 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
Oct 11 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre (MAE Day)
Oct 12 – New York, NY @ TBD
Oct 13 – Boston, MA @ Middle East – Downstairs
Oct 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
Oct 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ TBD (MAE Day)
Oct 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
Oct 20 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
Nov 08 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Nov 09 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Nov 10 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
Nov 11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Nov 14 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
Nov 15 – Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club
Nov 16 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Nov 17 – Austin TX @ TBD (MAE Day)
Nov 18 – Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room
Nov 23 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
Nov 24 – Norfolk, VA @ TBD (MAE Day)
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