NORMA JEAN: 'The Anti Mother' Details Revealed

July 2, 2008

Atlanta's post-hardcore outfit NORMA JEAN — along with producer Ross Robinson (SLIPKNOT, THE CURE, DEFTONES) and engineer Ryan Boesch — have put the finishing touches on their fourth studio album, "The Anti Mother", due out August 5 on Solid State Records.

NORMA JEAN — Cory Brandan (lead vocals, guitars),Scottie Henry (guitars),Jake Schultz (bass),Chris Day (guitars) and Chris Raines (drums) — is debuting songs from "The Anti Mother" live to fans all summer long as main stage headliners on the Vans Warped Tour. In addition, NORMA JEAN is performing a handful of dates with AS I LAY DYING that are weaved through June and July, including stops in Omaha, New Orleans and Birmingham.

Featuring separate collaborations with Page Hamilton of HELMET and Chino Moreno of DEFTONES, "The Anti Mother" will equally deliver NORMA JEAN's most melodic, heaviest and furious material to date. "We've never been this excited about anything we've done," says Cory Brandan. "It's exactly the record we've always wanted to make. We also got to work with some of our favorite musicians as well, particularly Page on 'Opposite of Left And Wrong'. We learned so much from him and he dedicated himself to that song, and Chino Moreno on the song 'Surrender Your Sons'. That song was written in a very spontaneous way and came out so unique. Cove Reber from SAOSIN came in and did some vocals on the song as well; we also wrote lyrics together — Cove was such a huge part of that song. Cove also did various background vocals throughout the record."

Cory adds: "Working with Ross [Robinson] on this record was the best possible scenario. It doesn't matter how much we think we know about making albums, Ross always pushes us to do something greater. We are completely animated about 'The Anti Mother' and can't wait for people to hear it."

"The Anti Mother" track listing:

01. Vipers, Snakes, And Actors
02. Self-Employed Chemist
03. Birth Of The Anti Mother
04. Robots 3 Humans 0
05. Death Of The Anti Mother
06. Surrender Your Sons
07. Murphy Was An Optimist
08. Opposite Of Left And Wrong
09. Discipline Your Daughters
10. And There Will Be A Swarm Of Hornets

Fans can check out two songs from "The Anti Mother" — "Robots 3, Humans 0" and "Birth of the Anti Mother" — on NORMA JEAN's MySpace page.

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