COUNTERPARTS’ BRENDAN MURPHY Explains Why He Prefers Doing EPs Over Albums

The argument over singles versus EPs versus full-length albums has been raging for years, actually ever for the reason that rise of streaming companies. Counterparts and Finish vocalist Brendan Murphy lately weighed in on why he loves the EP format throughout an interview with New Noise Journal, although it does not have something to do with streaming companies and the enterprise behind all of it.

“Proper now, if it had been as much as me, I might wish to do EPs for the remainder of the careers of each of my bands,” wrote Murphy. “Getting in and doing six bangers in two weeks is a lot cooler to me than going and spending 5 weeks within the studio and writing all these songs, reducing songs as a result of one does not make sense or ‘that is a B-Aspect,’ doing the album rollout, and asserting an album that is out in six months. As a result of we booked the studio for 5 weeks, we had the fabric to do a full-length.”

Murphy additionally talked a bit of about why it isn’t possible to solely do EPs, saying that labels need full-length data to push.

“I do know that each one labels do not wish to do EPs. They need full-length albums, they usually wanna push it. There’s extra that you are able to do with a full-length report; I get that. I’d like to do EPs. There’s extra freedom. We simply did a heavy EP with six quick, quick songs. What if we did an EP with 4 songs that had been slower and extra emotional? Then we do three songs, and it is again to regular Counterparts. I’d love to do this, to go in and say, ‘OK, what will we really feel like doing?'”

Counterparts shock launched their new EP Heaven Let Them Die earlier this yr (test it out beneath) and introduced a slew of North American dates with Ache Of Reality, Malevolence, and Overseas Arms. Get these dates beneath. Tickets can be found right here.

2/17 Toronto, ON Historical past
2/18 Montreal, QC Membership Soda
2/19 Buffalo, NY City Ballroom
2/21 Boston, MA Home of Blues
2/22 New York, NY Irving Plaza
2/23 Philadelphia, PA Union Switch
2/25 Washington, DC Howard Theatre
2/26 Charlotte, NC The Underground
2/28 Tampa, FL Orpheum
3/1 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (Heaven)
3/3 Dallas, TX South Aspect Ballroom
3/4 San Antonio, TX Vibes Occasion Heart
3/6 Mesa, AZ The Nile
3/7 Anaheim, CA Home of Blues
3/9 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
3/11 Portland, OR Roseland
3/12 Seattle, WA Showbox
3/14 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT The Depot
3/16 Denver, CO Summit Music Corridor
3/17 Lawrence, KS Granada
3/19 Madison, WI Eastside Bowl
3/20 Chicago, IL Harmony
3/21 Lakewood, OH The Roxy
3/22 Detroit, MI St Andrew’s Corridor