The acclaimed rockers share that a new single is coming
On the heels of releasing this summer’s instant classic, “Mystified,” alt-rockers Better Than Ezra offers its first new single since 2018. The perennial rock outfit now returns on November 3rd with “Contact High,” the latest hint of the band’s forthcoming, highly-anticipated tenth studio album due via Round Hill Records.
Recorded at Tennessee’s Pink Deer Studio and written and produced by the band’s singer-guitarist Kevin Griffin, alongside Emery Dobyns, the country-leaning jam, which recalls some of The Rolling Stones’ most twangy and effortlessly charming efforts, is set in the southern California desert and references a rowdy evening at the legendary Pioneertown bar, Pappy and Harriet’s. “You make a dead man grab his heart/I gotta contact high,” Griffin sings with a wry wink.
“Contact High,” which Griffin describes as “about that buzz you get when around that person you can’t be without,” arrives right on time — the day after their fall tour opener. Having recently wrapped up their momentous summer tour, Better Than Ezra is now gearing up for a massive end of the year with their Return of Legends of the Fall 2023 Tour, which kicks off on November 2nd at Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania. This weekend, the group will stop at New Orleans’ Ochstoberfest Benefit Concert and Thibodaux’s Acadia Music Fest.
Since forming in 1988 at Louisiana State University, Better Than Ezra has been on a rocket ride through the Rock world, definitively making their presence felt at every turn. The band exists in rare air among their peers having occupied spots on Billboard’s 100 Greatest Alternative Songs of All Time and 100 Greatest Alternative Artists of All Time. Better Than Ezra was a prominent fixture on radio and MTV in the Nineties and early 2000s, thanks in large part to the monumental success of their cherished 1993 independent album, Deluxe, which included standout fan-favorite “Good,” a multi-platinum selling No. 1 hit on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart.
Contact High 🤠 November 3rd 🌵Pre-save it now: https://t.co/m1NXqc8FbL pic.twitter.com/xSR3ZRbM0Q
— Better Than Ezra (@betterthanezra) October 24, 2023
