Notorious (Adelitas Way album)

Notorious is the upcoming fifth studio album by the American hard rock band Adelitas Way. It is expected to release on The Vegas Syn/Fuel Music label in September, 2017. ^[1]

History

The first song off the fifth record, "Ready for War (Pray for Peace)", was released on September 30, 2016. The record was announced October 2016 in an interview with 97.7 QLZ at Sonic Boom after playing the lead-off single "Ready for War (Pray for Peace)" for the first time live. Frontman Rick DeJesus stated that he wanted to take it to the next level and prove people that the band can do better than Home School Valedictorian back in 2011. He also stated that the album is going to be all over the place sonically and that it will be an exclamation point of how independent music can succeed. December 16, 2016, saw the release of the second single "Tell Me". On February 22 "Black Diamond" was released as a Pledge Music exclusive song.^[2] In various interviews later DeJesus stated the album would be more back to the roots of the two earlier albums instead of the grunge-sound of the previous two records. The third single "Notorious" was released on July 7, 2017; it was produced and written by DeJesus and former New Medicine member Jake Scherer.

Singles

"Ready for War (Pray for Peace)" was the first single from Notorious released on September 30, 2016.^[3] The song reached number 21 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart. "Tell Me" was announced as the second single and was released on December 16, 2016. February 22, 2017 saw the start of the bands second Pledge Music campaign and "Black Diamond" was released to pledge supporters as an exclusive song.

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