Giant Drag have made a surprise announcement that they will be releasing their sophomore LP, Waking Up Is Hard To Do, on Tuesday, March 5th. The album will be released via Full Psycho Records, and will be the first new material released from the band in 7 years. You can stream the album here, and can read a statement from front woman Annie Hardy regarding the hiatus below:
This LP has been a total curse on my existence; every time I team up with a record company or person to get this thing out something goes wrong and it just ends up sitting there like it has for 7 years now, so I am putting this thing out myself this coming Tuesday 5th March” says the singer.“I want to engage people once again and make the rest of the world care as well. Basically the last couple years of my life were pure hell and I spent it (and my “success” period of GD) a slave to prescription drugs, only to go to rehab last October to get clean” Hardy explains “Legal battles were won and health problems have remained and I’m kind of getting honest with everyone for the first time. Since my family now knows I’m not afraid to tell truths about what’s been holding me and my music back for so long. I’ve been through a lot surrounding addiction and dealing with issues of mental health watching my ex-boyfriend lose his mind (go Full Psycho). It’s totally overwhelming but there’s been a shift of perspective.
