Atlanta, GA-based rock/metal act NORMA JEAN recently completed tracking their new album, which will be released this coming June on Razor & Tie. The album was recorded at Covenant Recording Studios in Kansas City with producer Josh Barber and is being mixed by Jeremy Griffith. The new studio album will be the band’s sixth full length album and second release with Razor & Tie, following 2010’s Meridional.

Norma Jean will hit the road next week playing a series of dates including shows at SXSW in Austin TX as well as the SXSWhat Festival (dates below).

“We had a lot of fun writing this record. We moved our space to a secluded area and wrote off and on for about two years. We really pushed ourselves to do something really different while expanding on what we've done in the past. We also slapped some old school classic Norma Jean nastiness on it. We really struggled between wanting to have the fastest songs we've ever written to having the most groove driven songs, so the record is about half and half. We originally thought we would have been in and out of the studio by February 2012. We set the bar really high and once that time came around we discovered that the record wasn't ready. We felt it was best to push it back and make sure we didn't put out something that we were going to be less satisfied with. We experimented with strings, piano, organ, percussion and tons of live tracks that all will be present on this record,” explains Norma Jean lead vocalist Cory Brandan.

Tour dates:

March

14 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit (with South By Dirty South)
14 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog Bar - (SXSW Showcase)
15 - Austin, TX - Firehouse - (Tilly’s SXSW Showcase)
16 - Grand Prairie, TX - QuikTripPark (South By So What Festival)
17 - Houston, TX - House of Blues (Houston We Have a Problem Festival)
18 - Fayetteville, AR - NWA Showcase Theater
19 - Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre
20 - Chattanooga, TN - The Warehouse

Norma Jean lineup:

Scottie Henry - Guitar

Chris Day - Guitar

Cory Brandan - Vocals

Chris Raines - Drums

Jake Schultz - Bass

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