Mayday Parade have self-released their new single “It Is What It Is,” their first piece of music to be released since their 2018 album Sunnyland and their first ever self-released music.
“It’s just about anything in life that ends badly and how it always hurts but you eventually get over it,” drummer Jake Bundrick says, with frontman Derek Sanders adding: “If there are people out there dealing with hard times, we hope our music can help them work through that, and come away feeling a little better about everything.”
For “It Is What It Is,” Mayday Parade returned to the studio with their longtime production team – Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount – who produced and engineered this new track while James Paul Wisner mixed it.
This spring/summer, Mayday Parade is going out on their “It Is What It Is” headlining tour, featuring Grayscale and Point North:
4/9 – High Dive – Gainesville, FL
4/10 – Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL
4/11 – Joy Theater – New Orleans, LA
4/14 – Blue Note – Columbia, MO
4/15 – Tower Theatre – Oklahoma City, OK
4/17 – 191 Toole – Tucson, AZ
4/18 – Fremont Country Club – Las Vegas, NV
4/20 – McMenamins Elks Temple – Tacoma, WA
4/21 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
4/23 – Palace Theatre – Calgary, AB
4/24 – Midway – Edmonton, AB
4/26 – Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB
4/28 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
4/29 – The Canopy Club – Urbana, IL
5/1 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
5/2 – Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH
