NORMA JEAN RELEASE THE ANTI MOTHER

Norma Jean is set to release their new effort, The Anti Mother, but is it an evolution?

Norma Jean is set to release their new album, The Anti Mother, on Tuesday, August 5. The album is the follow-up to 2006’s Redeemer, and they once again teamed with Ross Robinson for the effort.

Norma Jean is currently touring on Warped, and we asked Cory and Chris from the band about the new record.

“With the new record, which is called The Anti Mother and it comes out August 5, is we really didn’t know what we were going to do when we started writing this record. I kind of remember us just going in and getting in the studio, in our practice rehearsal space, going ‘OK, what do we got?’ and what came out is that record. We want to progress we want to change. We don’t want to do the same record over and over.”

Norma Jean also said they’re a little reluctant to play too much new material on Warped.

“Yeah, I… There is kind of a hesitancy. We definitely want to play new songs, but coming from a fans perspective if I go see a band there are songs I want to hear, just like everybody else. I want to hear those songs, and I can’t wait to hear them. And when the play something new, it’s not like I’m not into it. I just don’t know it so it’s not as fun. We play one song that’s new right now. Everything else is old and then when the record comes out, and it’ll be out for a couple of months, we’ll do a headlining tour this fall and we’ll throw a lot more new stuff in there.”

The Anti-Mother features guest appearances by Helmet’s Page Hamilton on “Opposite Of Left And Wrong” and the Deftones’s Chino Moreno on “Surrender Your Sons.” Other standouts include “Vipers, Snakes and Actors” and “Death Of The Anti Mother.” rn