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Russell said that it "represents a long and winding relationship to place — a place that is grounding", while further elaborating that his reflection of life through symbolism is "part of my search for a deeper connection without having to compare our experiences directly." The third single "Tiebreaker" was released on March 25, 2022.
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not it stays too much in that one place, their comfort zone. It causes an album like this to come across like a collection of demo tracks by a very accomplished band that lays out their aural plan, but doesn't ever fully color in all of the spaces available to them. It doesn't evolve into what it could be."
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and its release date of April 29, 2022. In a press release, the band stated that the album "conveys a spectrum of emotions and how we live with them", while further adding that "The closer we get the more shades we see. The more shades we see the more responsibility we hold. We all want to feel loved
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