TODD JONES Explains NAILS’ Gap Between Albums & Falsities Around Their “Hiatus”

Nails – presently founding vocalist and guitarist Todd Jones alongside drummer Carlos Cruz (Warbringer), bassist Andrew Solis (Despise You, Apparition), and guitarist Shelby Lermo (Ulthar) – just lately introduced their first new document in eight years Each Bridge Burning due out on August 30.

In a latest interview with the Punk Rock MBA, Jones cleared the air about Nails by no means truly happening hiatus, noting that the band was simply quiet – not useless.

“I by no means mentioned [we went on hiatus],” mentioned Jones as transcribed by Metallic Injection. “Even if you happen to go to Apple Music there is a description for the band, it says the band ‘went on hiatus.’ It is like, no the band did not go on hiatus. There was some turnover with the musicians however I have been specializing in doing Nails. I’ve by no means had any plans to not do Nails. So yeah, issues are good.”

Jones mentions that Nails did put out a double single in 2019 named I Do not Need to Know You, that means that there wasn’t whole useless area between 2016’s You Will By no means Be One Of Us and Each Bridge Burning.

“Sure and no. In 2019 we put out a two music single,” mentioned Jones. “We did put one thing out, nevertheless it wasn’t an album. The entire motive for that was principally I used to be type of burnt out. Nails previously has sometimes put out data as soon as each three years. 2019 would have been the yr that we might have put out one other document, however each time I picked up a guitar it was simply nothing was popping out of my fingers that I preferred or that I believed was cool for Nails. Simply very uninspired, very type of burnt out.

“COVID hit the start of 2020 and round that point, like fairly early on into COVID is I separated from the members in Nails. We separated, and {the summertime} of 2020 I obtained requested to work with Terror on their new album which has been out – the Ache Into Energy document that they put out, I imagine that got here out in June of 2022 or Could of 2022. So we began engaged on that in the summertime of 2020, so I used to be specializing in that greater than I used to be specializing in Nails stuff or writing a brand new Nails document.

“So we did that every one the way in which up till the summer season of 2021 after which after that I began on the lookout for people to play with. In 2020, nothing was actually taking place in any respect, so it was arduous for me to love go on the market and discover people to play with. So I simply targeted on that Terror document, after which in 2021 began enjoying with individuals. Summer season of 2022 is after I met met up with Carlos and began enjoying with him and , we practiced as soon as each two weeks with some breaks in there and we simply wrote a document, me and Carlos and Shelby wrote a document collectively. We recorded that in October of 2023 and it is lastly popping out in August.”

Each Bridge Burning was produced by Kurt Ballou at God Metropolis Studio and options paintings by Jef Whitehead. Pre-orders are available here. You may as well catch Nails on the highway with 200 Stab Wounds, Mammoth Grinder, and Tribal Gaze (and a few others) at one of many dates under. Tickets are available here.

w/ 200 Stab Wounds, Mammoth Grinder & Tribal Gaze

9/11 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
9/12 – Toronto, ON – The Axis Membership Theatre
9/13 – Detroit, MI – Tangent Gallery
9/14 – Chicago, IL – Avondale Music Corridor
9/15 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
9/16 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
9/17 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
9/18 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
9/19 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
9/20 – Brooklyn, NY – The Brooklyn Monarch (+ Stabbed)
9/21 – Worcester, MA – New England Metallic & Hardcore Pageant @ The Palladium

w/ Xibalba, World Peace, Deadbody & Auditory Anguish

10/14 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco (w/ particular visitor Entry)
10/16 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick (no Xibalba)