Better Lovers release God Made Me An Animal EP and Summer Tour Dates
Better Lovers, the newly formed band featuring Jordan Buckley, Clayton “Goose” Holyoak, Stephen Micciche, Greg Puciato, and Will Putney from The Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die, have released God Made Me An Animal, a four-song EP, via SharpTone Records.
“Surprise! Our debut EP, God Made Me An Animal, is out now,” the band shared, collectively. “Four eclectic and wildly fun songs we’ve been kicking around for what feels like forever, it’s great to finally have these out in the world. Let it happen to you. Hear all this and more on tour all Summer. The engine is turned on.”
The EP arrives as Better Lovers are about to embark on their inaugural tour, a mix of both headlining dates, with several already sold out, and performances with Underoath. The tour began in Buffalo, NY, the hometown of Buckley, Holyoak and Micciche, on July 13, 2023.
God Made Me An Animal follows the April release of the outfit’s debut single, “13 Over 30,” and its accompanying video here. The track, which was the first news of the band’s existence, jolted fans and critics alike. Consequence said “Better Lovers signaled their arrival with a crushing banger of the highest order,” Alternative Press dubbed the song as “ripping,” Kerrang! described the release as “ferocious,” and Revolver added that the track “delivers on the group’s pedigree, offering up all the scabrous screams, mathcore riffery, and rawk grooves fans could hope for.”
“Looking back, I’m so happy everything got me to where I am,” said Buckley, at the time of the song’s release. “The pandemic and the last few years made me hungrier and more grateful. This isn’t a hobby. This isn’t temporary. This is the next evolution for each of us. Greg and Will rejuvenated me and made me even more confident. Now, everybody needs to know we’re a wild animal that just broke out of the zoo – there’s no trying to put it back in the cage.”
God Made Me An Animal – which was produced and mixed by Putney, with vocal production handled by Josh Wilbur – is streaming now, with physical pre-orders, including several limited-edition vinyl variants and CD, are available here.
God Made Me An Animal Tracklist:
1. Sacrificial Participant
2. 30 Under 13
3. Become So Small
4. God Made Me An Animal
Better Lovers 2023 Summer Tour Dates with Underoath:
7/14/23: Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
7/16/23: Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
7/17/23: Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
7/18/23: Cleveland, OH – The Foundry SOLD OUT
7/19/23: Reading, PA – Santander Arena
7/21/23: New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
7/22/23: Syracuse, NY – Sharkey’s Bar and Grill
7/23/23: Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach
7/24/23: Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
7/25/23: Ottawa, ON – Galerie SAW Gallery
7/27/23: Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
7/28/23: Brooklyn, NY – Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk
7/29/23: Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
7/30/23: Worcester, MA – The Palladium Outdoors
7/31/23: Richmond, VA – The Broadberry*
8/1/23: Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
8/3/23: Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center
8/4/23: Boca Raton, FL – Sunset Cove Amphitheater
8/5/23: St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine – Amphitheatre Night Market
8/6/23: Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
8/8/23: New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
8/10/23: Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
8/11/23: San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port
8/12/23: Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
9/24/23: Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest*
10/14/23: Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room* SOLD OUT
10/15/23: Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy* SOLD OUT
10/16/23: Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre*
*No Underoath
