Stream The Districts’ new album You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere below: Only members can comment. Frontman Rob Grote of The Districts croons urgently on “Cheap Regrets,” the lead single from the band’s forthcoming fourth full-length, “You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere.” The Districts are an American rock band originally from Lititz, Pennsylvania. To get there, we must first navigate through the noise and the stormy waters, and The Districts chart the course for us to follow. The Districts are a four-piece indie rock band from the small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania. Grote has always been a master of writing songs that are both simple and grandiose thematically, and You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere is a prime example of that. 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This article was originally slated to be published in early March but was delayed due to the tornado that hit Middle Tennessee (the home base of American Songwriter and many of our writers). “It’s about a dream for love to last forever and a yearning to postpone death. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-inverted-img'); Instead of the typical workflow, which generally consisted of Grote bashing a song out on an acoustic guitar and bringing it to the rest of the band to flesh out, he began filling out his demos more, sometimes spending eight hours on a single song. For Rob Grote and just about every person on the planet, the view from March 6 looked a lot clearer than it does more than two months later. "It was like we all woke up one day and thought, 'Oh, we've been doing this for years now.'". "I'm not nervous about changing stuff up," Grote said in March. You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere (out 3/13 via Fat Possum) is The Districts’ latest full-length album.One that marks their eleventh year and fourth release together. "Like, grappling with that feeling where you want to be miles away in a different situation, and then still being in the same spot.". ‘And trying to juggle this desperate desire to escape with the need to show up in my life’. This is as fitting an introduction to the band’s new album as you could wish for. Schau dir mit Bandsintown Live-Übertragungen an, erhalte Updates zu den Künstlern, kaufe Karten und gib RSVPs zu Konzerten ab As time went by, Grote began to record demos of these songs, fleshing them out much further than he ever had before when writing in the context of a full band. } Listen to The Districts full session with Mary Lucia. There was an error processing your request. Despite the song’s dark undertones, the ‘nihilist disco’ of “Cheap Regrets” finds The Districts as electrifying as ever. The members of the Districts met in their hometown of Lititz, Pa., and began making a name for themselves in Philadelphia's music scene. Each of the band’s records have different moods and tonalities, which makes the band more dynamic than the rest of the indie guitar rock scene from the early 2010s. Music fans won't gather on the Camden Waterfront for XPoNential Music Festival this summer. "If it doesn't make sense to people now, maybe two records from now they'll figure it out.". The Districts are a four-piece indie rock band from the small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania. "It really made me think, like, 'Why do I work so hard?' Rob Grote's gear and equipment including the Fender Mustang Electric Guitar, ZVex Mastotron Fuzz Pedal, and fender mustang. Then we focused on some heavier stuff after that. In the eleven years since then, The Districts have become an enduring presence in the indie world, touring extensively and putting out four studio albums — including their most recent record, You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere, which dropped on March 13 via Fat Possum. _g1.setAttribute('src', _g1.getAttribute('data-src') ); Rob Grote, Connor Jacobus, Braden Lawrence and Pat Cassidy make up the band that formed in 2009 as suburban teens who found comfort in the company of other musicians in an otherwise small, conservative town. For WXPN’s Greatest Year in Music, we asked The Districts’ frontman Rob Grote to pick his favorite. ‘And trying to juggle this desperate desire to escape with the need to show up in my life’. The Districts You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere (Fat Possum) Buy it from Insound. March 24, 2020, 10:00 am. Grote’s initial response to this burning out was to analyze his own relationship with music and his creative process. Rob and his band have spent the summer traveling the international festival circuit, but they’ll be back in Philadelphia on November 6th for their largest local headlining gig to date at the Electric Factory.Read Rob’s case for 1977 below. if ( localStorage.getItem(skinItemId ) ) { I feel like this record fell into a nice place; because I was confused and uncertain about a lot of things and because I approached it with no attachment to what it would become, it was one the first times that I’ve really felt totally free to be myself with it. One of the sadder ironies that the Districts face is that, while fans are stuck at home, the band has made one of its most lively, propulsive albums yet. In 2009 a group of four high schoolers from Lititz, Pennsylvania decided to start a band: this was the birth of The Districts. by Joe Vitagliano March 24, 2020, 10:00 am. The Districts You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere (Fat Possum) Buy it from Insound. The band also features  Connor Jacobus on bass and Braden Lawrence on drums, and Pat Cassidy on guitar. “It’s about a dream for love to last forever and a yearning to postpone death. I feel like that aspect is super important to being what it is.". "We put on some Nirvana and went swimming." Last Friday, LNP | LancasterOnline successfully launched "Quarantunes," a new weekly music series featuring artists performing live on Faceboo…, In the fall of 2019, two Lancaster musicians and friends created a song. Digital FORT: Watch The Districts give an outside acoustic performance From what looks like the outside of a Hobbit-like dwelling, Rob Grote of The Districts gives us a show. For Rob Grote and just about every person on the planet, the view from March 6 looked a lot clearer than it does more than two months later. I think that finally synthesized a lot of things that I had tried to do in music before, and it worked this time because I wasn’t trying to do them. In early March, Grote and the Districts, the Lancaster County-born, Philadelphia-based band that Grote has fronted for nearly half of his 25 years on this planet were poised to release their fourth album, "You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere," on March 13. "It's not a social event like a show, it's you being alone and staring at your phone, which kind of sucks.". if ( localStorage.getItem(skinItemId ) ) { In the meantime, Rob Grote, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Districts will play all of the critically-acclaimed "You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere" on Instagram Live at 4 p.m. today. These demos, however, were more about recording right from the start. I don’t have too many qualms with it because of the purity of it.”. During the first week of social distancing, Grote used a constant cycle of home recording as a way to tune out news from the outside world. When LNP | LancasterOnline first caught up with Grote on March 6, he was between dates in Georgia, chipperly answering questions on the band's 2020 plans and the making of the album. It is about wanting to escape everyday life while also craving time with one who’s present. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Rob and Pat tell the story. The show ended with Grote and Lawrence duetting on "One by One," a song by the obscure but acclaimed folk songwriter Connie Converse. And the record really does emit that feeling of purity and self-declaration. “Sometimes I write a song about an issue, but other times it can be just as powerful to express something like love,” Grote said. This is as fitting an introduction to the band’s new album as you could wish for. Today we’re delighted to premiere a song from Rob Grote of The Districts, who has covered R.E.M’s Nightswimming, which just so happens to be one of my favorite songs, like, ever. “I feel like we got super burned out,” the band’s principal songwriter, Rob Grote, told American Songwriter. "You're witnessing a performance, but you're also experiencing something together. Grote says that the making of the album was markedly different than the band's three previous records out of necessity. "You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere is an unachievable promise,” says The Districts bandleader Rob Grote. Error! “It’s about a dream for love to last forever and a yearning to postpone death. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Rob Grote We’ve been playing together since we were pretty young, so it was like ‘who are we now that all this time and life has gone by?’ It definitely put us in a state of questioning.”. "You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere is an unachievable promise,” says The Districts bandleader Rob Grote. Over the course of four albums, Rob Grote-led The Districts have tweaked their sound as much as any band over the same span. CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 04: Rob Grote of The Districts performs at Grant Park on August 4, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The prolific young band released its first EP, Kitchen Songs, in 2011 f… read more Accompanying him are bassist Conor Jacobus, guitarist Mark Larson, and drummer Braden Lawrence, all 19 or 20 years old. The group formed in 2009 while members Rob Grote, Mark Larson, Connor Jacobus, and Braden Lawrence were still in … Song Premiere: The Districts' Rob Grote covers R.E.M. “Most of the time my approach to writing songs has been with a guitar or piano, just figuring out chord changes and lyrics,” Grote said. "Lyrically, the whole record deals a lot with a desire to transcend some stuff," Grote said back in March. In the meantime, Rob Grote, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Districts will play all of the critically-acclaimed "You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere" on Instagram Live at 4 p.m. today. It is about wanting to escape everyday life while also craving time with one who’s present. Na Popular Manipulations (2017) voelden de bandleden zich opgebrand, zowel professioneel als persoonlijk. The balance of just releasing a new record and feeling the societal pressure to use the time to be creative felt somewhat at odds. "I think we all felt a little uncertain about where we were heading and what we were doing," Grote said in March. Never, however, has this change been more palpable than on You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-inverted-source'); Their most recent album, 'A Flourish and a Spoil,' was recorded at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minn. ""It was awesome," says front man Rob Grote. "It's all blurring together.". PHOTO COURTESY OF DALTON YOUNG. } catch(e) {}, by Rob Grote of The Districts performs onstage at The Other Tent during Day 2 of the 2015 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 12, 2015 in Manchester, Tennessee. The Districts. JUMP TO: Support The Districts Fittingly, that show was in Philadelphia at the beloved venue Union Transfer. Shares. The Districts. _g1.setAttribute('srcset', _g1.getAttribute('data-srcset')); You work really hard on something, and then a global pandemic happens," Grote says. Watch Queue Queue. It’s got really folky songs, it’s got heavier songs, it’s got really soft songs. A four-piece, The Districts are led by singer and primary songwriter Grote. “The act of writing a song, trying to sculpt something out of the human experience, can feel quite vain. Click here to learn more about the tornado and what you can do to help those who were affected by it. There's work to do to get the gist, but it's worth it. 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