Rise Against shares reimagined orchestral version of their latest track Nowhere Generation!
In just its fourth week, Rise Against’s new single, Nowhere Generation, is exploding at radio and global streaming, with more than 3.5 million streams, and counting. Now, the American punk rockers shares a stripped-down, reimagined take on the original track, that stays true to the song’s punk spirit and blistering message.
Produced by Bill Stevenson, Andrew Berlin and Chris Beeble, and recorded in August 2020 at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO, Rise Against was joined by musicians on violin, viola, cello, upright bass and piano, for a fresh dynamic to the song.
In the past, they has already transformed one of its fiery punk rock songs into a beautifully orchestrated acoustic presentation. 2018 saw the release of Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol 1., a creative endeavor where the band reimagined their music in a way no one expected. The stripped-down orchestration was raw and revealing lyrically while powerful and compelling musically.
“Any good song should be able to be stripped down to an acoustic guitar and played around a campfire. Nowhere Generation struck us as one of those songs and we returned to the Blasting Room last year after finishing the album, to track an acoustic version that we included as the B-side of a limited edition 7″-inch. To make it happen, we called up our Ghost Note string players and changed the feel. We gave it The Ghost Note Symphonies unplugged treatment to re-create the same song but with a completely different vibe,” says vocalist/lyricist Tim McIlrath.
