Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness & Something Corporate – “Death Grip”

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Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and Something Corporate have released the new song “Death Grip.”

Adding to the excitement of the kickoff to Something Corporate’s long-awaited reunion tour tonight in Brooklyn, frontman and veteran indie-pop singer-songwriter-pianist Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and his beloved early 2000s pop-punk band Something Corporate have released their new single “Death Grip.” The track is available now via Big Loud Rock, representing the first in a new partnership between McMahon and the label, with more to come. PRESS HERE to listen to “Death Grip” and PRESS HERE to watch the official music video, directed by Jax Anderson, which first premiered with PEOPLE. The process of writing and creating “Death Grip” was different for McMahon, who took a casual trip to Nashville in April to flex his dormant writing muscle with friends Luke Nicolli and Ivory Layne. On his last day in town, the trio was able to articulate the moment McMahon had been living in: one of peace and letting go and accepting that the craft that had defined his life doesn’t need to be at the center of every moment of his life. He immediately decided the song needed to be released into the world as soon as possible and with the Something Corporate shows on the horizon, McMahon called upon his original band mates to see if his old friends would be into collaborating again on something new for the first time in over 20 years. “Death Grip” also marks the first taste of new music from McMahon since the release of his fourth studio album, Tilt At The Wind No More, in 2023 under his longstanding Wilderness moniker.
 
“I honestly didn’t expect to be releasing new music this year,” shares McMahon. “I’ve lived on the write, record, release, tour hamster wheel for a long time and decided after the last album I would do things differently. Giving myself permission to enjoy home, enjoy the reunion shows, and work on other projects has been really good for me. I have historically put so much pressure on myself to keep producing, to keep fighting for my relevance, and I often forget that some of the biggest moments in my career and my life in general have manifested in times when I’ve chosen to take my hands off the wheel a bit and trust that things will be okay. That’s what ‘Death Grip’ is about. Finding a rhythm in life that allows everything to exist at once without forcing things into being.”
 
“I was nervous to bring up the idea of collaborating with the Something Corporate guys again on this song, but they were so supportive and excited by the idea of taking what we did together so many years ago and layering it onto this Wilderness process I’ve worked within for the last 10 years,” McMahon adds. “Being back in the studio together, it was like no time had passed and the recording came as easy as the creation of the song had been. There was a lot of laughing, a lot of stories told and memories revisited. From the time this song was written to the time it will be available in people’s speakers, less than three months will have passed. There are plenty of arguments to be made for not rushing work out, but I think fast-tracking this song back into the world is the truest way to honor what inspired its creation in the first place. It’s a song about letting go and having faith that everything will work out, so we’re letting it go. We’ll see what happens next. I also have to shout out the Big Loud Rock team, who I’ve been so impressed with. When I told them I was excited to release music on this insane timeline, they didn’t even blink. When I said I have no idea what comes next but I’m inspired, they said they were excited to take this journey with me.”


"It's a privilege for Big Loud Rock to release the first Something Corporate music in 20 years and be in business with Andrew McMahon,” adds Greg Thompson, President of Big Loud Rock. “We are honored to be a partner in his amazing musical journey and are excited to help tell their story.”
 
Something Corporate’s Out Of Office Tour officially begins tonight (June 20th) at Brooklyn Steel with its first weekend on the road featuring shows in New York City (June 21st at The Rooftop at Pier 17), Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. The 21-date, sold-out reunion tour from the Orange County, California quintet continues throughout the summer and fall stopping in Portland, Seattle, Washington, DC, Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Denver, among other cities, before wrapping back home with two California shows: October 11th at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and October 12th at The Warfield in San Francisco. Something Corporate will also be performing at select festivals including Chicago’s Riot Fest and Austin City Limits (weekend 1 only). The Out Of Office Tour marks the first official cross-country outing featuring the five original members ofSomething Corporate in over 20 years. See below for full list of upcoming tour dates. Visit www.somethingcorporate.com for more info and PRESS HERE to watch the tour promo video.
 
To combat scalping and ensure as many real fans as possible are able to attend the Out Of Office Tour and get affordable tickets, Something Corporate implemented various anti-scalping efforts, with McMahon leading the process alongside his management team at C3 and booking agency WME, who all worked extensively with each show’s promoter. For more insight, check out this exclusive interview feature with Variety.
 
Something Corporate – Andrew McMahon (vocals, piano), Josh Partington(guitar), Kevin “Clutch” Page (bass), Brian Ireland (drums), and William Tell(guitar) – first reunited in 2023 for main stage performances at the When We Were Young festival and three sold-out headlining shows in Las Vegas and Anaheim. The five reunion performances, the first official shows from the band’s five core members in two decades, also saw McMahon debut a one-of-a-kind upright piano fully wrapped in Christie MicroTiles LED displaying images and lyrics from throughout Something Corporate’s catalog, which will be front and center once again on the Out Of Office Tour. 

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I dig it. It's kinda 90's meets 2012 indie for me, which is cool. Also, how good is it seeing William Tell w/Soco ?

 

Nice song. The obligatory "this doesn't sound anything like SoCo, so why release it under this name regardless of the musicians involved" is kind of real. I read Andrew's explanation in the People interview, so that's cool.

In my comparatively very humble experience it's a fun challenge to write something in the vein of an old band/project of yours, even though your style and tastes have changed considerably over two decades.

Regardless, it's a nice song.

 

Very happy to have the new music. Regardless of which Andrew project it sounds like, the song is decent but not one of my favorites from him. The distorted vocals detract a bit for me. Overall, it’s great to see them making music together again.

 

Agree about the distorted vocals. Not sure why Andrew has a pref for it.

 

I was wrong this is dope as hell.

 

I dunno if it's just because I KNOW the rest of the band played on it but some of the tones instrument wise, especially the bass, reminds me of SoCo... I might be just listening too hard but either way, great song, enjoyed it. Can't be too upset about it not being more "SoCo" considering it's more a "featuring" spot.