Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos to Release an album every month this Fall
A total of 4 full-length’s recorded during intensive cancer treatment are dropping before 2025’s end.
New York City DIY champion ALEX ORANGE DRINK, lead singer of The So So Glos. has announced the release of four new solo albums dropping on Million Stars Records before the new year — adding an impressive amount of music to his roster with Victory Lap (#23) being released earlier in the year as well as another handful of co-write’s with ‘Bright Eyes’ on their upcoming “Kids Table” EP. The 2025 releases are part of a series that builds upon his previous release. Each represents one of the five stages of loss — a concept rooted in the Kübler-Ross model — the grief management system originally designed for patients facing terminal illness.
IN ALEX’S WORDS: “Each record embodies a different stage in response to the nightmarish health crisis I faced. Over 60 days of radiation & chemotherapy, I was lucky enough to find myself in the studio after most treatments. Keeping a creative practice took my mind away from mental anguish. Music once again saved my life. Sonically, these next releases each focus on a different genre, varying drastically in tone and theme. I was recording in full-on survival mode and it is evident in these albums. The first album is restless and high-energy, almost manic. The second explores nostalgic melancholy. Third is straight-up anger. And finally, acceptance.”
October 3rd will mark the release of Alex’s “Future 86 LP”, the first of the four upcoming drops. This decidedly powerpop album is a high-octane, quick-witted & feverishly animated collection. Alex describes this installment as “songs to survive by”. Fast, hard & with a healthy dose of mania, the album skillfully builds a foundation on punky mod-pop compositions. It’s a rapid injection of lyrically heavy songs that yin-yang playfully with spirited melodies and breakneck chord changes. Echoes of The Kinks, The Ramones & Elvis Costello crack through the lens of Alex’s situational songwriting. Keenly aware of mortality, possibly medicated, and brash to the core. Alex Orange Drink’s most Rock ‘n’ Roll album to date proclaims, “It’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll” — but is it?
The “Future 86 LP” record release show is set for October 19th at Night Club 101in New York City. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE
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