TOR MILLER RELEASES TWO NEW SONGS “SURVIVING THE SUBURBS” + “SUNDAY SCARIES”
BOTH SONGS FROM SOPHOMORE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM SURVIVING THE SUBURBS OUT SEPTEMBER 21
SPECIAL ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT ASBURY LANES 9/22
HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF THIS FALL
1 August 2018 (Toronto, ON) – Tor Miller returns today with the release of two new songs, “Surviving The Suburbs” and “Sunday Scaries”, both from his forthcoming sophomore album also titled Surviving The Suburbs. The album, due out September 21 on Glassnote Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, is available now for pre-order & pre-save, and will be supported with a headline tour this Fall (dates below).
“What I'm trying to accomplish with this music is to feel better,” Miller says. “I want to feel happy with where I am. These feelings and anxieties that we have, everyone is having. At this age in particular, where you feel very much in between and not satisfied with who you are and where you're at. But I think this record is trying to find that peace within yourself to move on and just feel stronger, whatever the case may be.”
Leaner and simpler than the lush, full-bodied arrangements of his debut album American English, Surviving the Suburbs is an honest self-reflection framed as a musical coming of age. It’s a step forward into vibrant territory where the vitality of a live backing band gives Miller more Americana flavor, as if, he explains, “Elton John made a Bruce Springsteen record.” On the electrified title track, he intones on the chorus that “we can’t get out of here,” reflecting on how, when he returned to live with his parents, he reconnected with his townie friends who had never left and drowned his sorrows with them in alcohol and pills. The remorse sets in on the wistful “Sunday Scaries,” a piano-driven promise to oneself that, after a weekend of binge-drinking and partying, he’ll never do it again, only to repeat the same cycle once Friday rolls around.
Tor will play a special hometown show at Asbury Lanes on September 22nd followed by a headline run kicking off November 6th in Washington D.C. wrapping up December 16th in Vancouver.
Praise for Tor Miller
“Tor Miller is on the fast track to making a major impact.” – Pigeons and Planes
“The New York-based Tor Miller has found a sound that’s nostalgically forward-looking, merging the contemporary sounds of upbeat indie acts like Grouplove with the timeless ballads of classics like Bruce Springsteen.” – Consequence of Sound
"Tor Miller has a sound well beyond his years.” – Huffington Post
“If you like your dudes a little edgier, New York-based singer/songwriter Tor Miller continues to impress...” – Idolator
“Miller radiates a certain confidence as he frantically dances in a spotlight and sings about faded love.” – Baeble
Upcoming Tor Miller Canadian Tour Dates
November 10: Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
November 13: Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
December 16: Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret
Pre Order Surviving The Suburbs HERE
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