[Cover photo credit to Chris Malchow]
Illinois-raised Punk Rock band Harrison Gordon has released their sophomore record, Bliss, via Hopeless Records. The new record is Harrison Gordon’s attempt to define what “bliss” truly means, “born out of a period spent chasing it in video games and beer before waking up to the realization that he wanted something more.”
That reckoning comes into focus on “Sight of Blood”, where the wake-up call is “confronting who and what was lost along the way.”
Harrison Gordon shares:
I had a two-week period where every night, I’d have the same nightmare about people who weren’t in my life anymore. Not even the individuals I’d burned or who’d burned me, just the friends who aren’t around anymore. After a few nights I grew convinced that I had probably pushed them away at some point. The fact I was having nightmares about them dying was proof to me that I was ‘entirely too much.
Even as the band has graduated to larger stages alongside State Champs, Hot Mulligan, and Arm’s Length, their DNA remains rooted in the DIY scene where they started.
Harrison Gordon Tour Dates Supporting Mom Jeans:
*Designated Headline Show
%Designated Album Release Show
9/9 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
9/10 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
9/11 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
9/12 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
9/14 – Wilmington, DE – The Queen
9/15 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
9/18 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity
9/19 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
9/22 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic
9/24 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
9/25 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
10/8 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall %
10/11 – Milwaukee, WI – X Ray Arcade %
10/12 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge *
10/13 – Kansas City, MO – The Rino *
10/17 – Portland, OR – Roserland Theater
10/18 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
10/19 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
10/21 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
10/23 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre
10/24 – Dallas, TX – AM/FM
10/25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
10/27 – Tucson, AZ – The Rialto
10/28 – Riverside, CA – RMA
10/30 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
10/31 – Fresno, CA – Tioga Sequoia Brewery
11/1 – Sacramento, CA – Channel 24
11/3 – Las Vegas, NV – Grey Witch *
11/4 – Albuquerque, NM – Backstage at Revel *
11/8 – St. Louis, MO – Duck Room *
