Commoner Premiere Two New Singles - Reveal Details For Their Debut Album "Former Self"

Commoner‘s debut album “Former Self” is slated for a November 13th release through Pure Noise. The post-hardcore outfit enlisted Zach Tuch (Touché Amoré, Silverstein) to oversee the sessions, handling production, mixing and mastering.

The song “Cemetery Dogs” has been unveiled as the album’s new focus track, arriving alongside an Errick Easterday (Wage War, 156/Silence)-directed music video. The group said of the song, “It’s a crushing thing to witness someone struggle so far beyond your ability to aid. This track sets the tone for ‘Former Self’, and the themes to follow.”

The band have also quietly issued another new track, with “Sirens A Block Away” now newly streaming as well.

Bassist Matthew Bryant explained what inspired the record:

“The album has a lot of themes of childhood and your own former self. but it also discusses how people around you have changed and missing somebody else’s former self.”

Frontman Romin Mattison added:

“‘Former Self‘ is a window of reflection for each of our lives. For what it’s been and how we’ve learned to move forward. People change, situations change, life is full of it. As a band, we have always gravitated towards the works of bands who touch on moments of time as they are your own. Instances in which the experience has felt shared, rather than being preached. Our debut full-length was a meditative piece for all of the members, and has allowed us to close a chapter in our writing that we had all felt needed conclusion.”

“Former Self” track list:

01 – “Cobalt Blue” (feat. Split Chain)
02 – “Passerby“
03 – “In Reserve“
04 – “Cemetery Dogs“
05 – “Sparks“
06 – “Sirens A Block Away“
07 – “Runner Up“
08 – “Former Self“
09 – “As Cold As It Gets“
10 – “Appendix“