Lessons That We Swear to Keep

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1.	A Part is Better Than Zero 02:51	buy track
2.	Spacer's Choice 02:33	buy track
3.	Replacing Leene's Bell 03:42	buy track
4.	The Museum of Orphaned Concepts 03:58	buy track
5.	So Yeah, So 03:29	buy track
6.	Thanks For Asking 03:24	buy track
7.	Into the Wind Stream 03:48	buy track
8.	Joy Ephemeral 03:43	buy track
9.	Cinnabar Island 03:11	buy track
10.	Tips For Safe Travels 03:53	buy track
11.	What Comes Around is All Around 03:54	buy track

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Lessons That We Swear To Keep, the fifth full-length record from Nashville emo-punk outfit Free Throw, opens with a five-second haze of violin-like feedback before it hits the ground at a sprint: a thick, overdriven guitar, drums, and bass all slam in together with tight bursts and a bright guitar lead dancing behind the wall of sound. “It’s so crazy that as you’re aging, somehow things become so complicated,” vocalist and guitarist Cory Castro groans to start the record’s first verse.

In true Free Throw fashion, the record is marked with video game and TV references—Castro’s beloved Pokémon (“Cinnabar Island”), Outer Worlds (“Spacer’s Choice”), and Trailer Park Boys, for starters. But where previous releases centered on a cohesive theme, ready for dramaturgy and narration, Lessons That We Swear To Keep is about something even more immediate and formative, but less discussed: the grayness of everyday life.

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released October 13, 2023

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Free Throw Nashville, Tennessee

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shows

Apr 27

Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV
Apr 29

Boulder Theater

Boulder, CO
Apr 30

Uptown Theater

Kansas City, MO
May 1

Blueberry Hill

St Louis, MO
Jun 10

Raccoon Motel

Davenport, IA
Jun 11

X-Ray Arcade

Cudahy, WI
Jun 12

Green Room Mpls

Minneapolis, MN
Jun 13

West End Cultural Centre

Winnipeg, MB
Jun 15

The Buckingham

Edmonton, AB
Jun 16

Modern Love

Calgary, AB
Jun 18

The Pearl

Vancouver, BC
Jun 19

McMenamin's Mission Theater

Portland, OR
Jun 20

The Dip

Redding, CA
Jun 22

Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's

Stateline, NV
Jun 24

The Black Sheep

St. John's, NL
Jun 24

Black Sheep

Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 26

Reverb Lounge

Omaha, NE
Jul 20

Play Brew Taproom

Middlesbrough, UK
Jul 21

New Cross Inn

New Cross, UK
Jul 22

The Hope and Ruin Brighton

Brighton, UK
Jul 23

The Bodega Nottingham

Nottingham, UK
Jul 24

The Key Club

Leeds, UK
Jul 25

G2

Glasgow, UK
Jul 26

YES

Manchester, UK
Jul 27

Exchange

Bristol, UK
Aug 3

Excellency Music Festival

Bay City, MI

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