Today, Bearings have announced that they will be releasing their third studio album, The Best Part About Being Human, on August 18th via Pure Noise Records.

The album was produced by Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, Between You & Me) and features perhaps the most tightly honed songwriting of Bearings’ near-decade career. “‘The Best Part About Being Human’ is being alive and the second best part is writing an upbeat and exciting record with your brothers in a small house in North Hollywood,” says the band via press release. “This record was us figuring out what we really wanted to play live, what got us excited, and I think we found that.”

Pre-orders for The Best Part About Being Human can be found here.

Alongside the album announcement, Bearings have released the album’s first single, “Gone So Gone.” On the new track, the band explain, “’Gone So Gone’ is about making fun of yourself and your situation. The song really is about heartbreak but by sort of creating it yourself. Sad but sort of funny, as with anything in life I think it’s good to laugh at yourself about it. Why else would I use the word fuss?”

Listen to “Gone So Gone” below.

Artwork:

Bearings human artwork

Track-listing:

  1. Scenery
  2. Don’t Wanna Forget About It
  3. Gone So Gone
  4. Go Long
  5. Ocean Dream
  6. Howie, You’re A Freak
  7. Slip
  8. Live Forever Never Die
  9. I Want To Heal
  10. Human

Tour dates:

September 15 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest*
September 16 – Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary
September 17 – Toronto, CA – The Opera House
September 19 – Montréal, CA – Théâtre Fairmount
September 20 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
September 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
September 23 – New York, NY – Racket NYC
September 24 – Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom (Crystal Restaurant)
September 26 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
September 27 – Syracuse, NY – The Song and Dance
September 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Enclave
September 30 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
October 1 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
October 3 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
October 4 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
October 6 – Dallas, TX – Lone Star Room Dallas
October 7 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
October 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
October 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
October 13 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
October 15 – Berkeley, CA – The Cornerstone
October 17 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
October 18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
October 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
October 21 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
*Festival Appearance