My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has released four new songs to his SoundCloud page under the title Distraction Or Despair. The four songs include “Phoning It In”, “Welcome to the Hotel”, “Success!”, and “Crate Amp”. The songs, which can be heard below, are unreleased tracks that Way uploaded to help fill the downtime during the coronavirus pandemic.
Way said:
“With all this uncertainty I just wanted to start uploading some unreleased stuff. Just so people can check it out and have something to listen to. I think I have a bunch of this stuff, as Doug and I have been recording little bits here and there over the years. Some of these, like Phoning It In, were things that I planned on releasing as singles, and I may still do that at some point when I finish them, but I figured why not. It feels good to share. Who knows if some of this stuff would have ever come out?”
In case you were wondering, the photo from his Instagram page is of his vocal chords:
“From when I went to see the ear/nose/throat doc before embarking on this my chem journey, to make sure everything was in order. He said, ‘It’s a little red, but looking good’.”
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As for the Distraction Or Despair title, Gerard Way said:
“I’m calling all of this stuff Distraction Or Despair, since that seems to be the two things I keep shifting between. Probably a lot of other people too. But I think only some of the tracks are tied to an ‘album’ of that name. I’m just winging it, keeping it casual. May add some notes to the tracks.
Hope everyone is safe and healthy. Rock on.”
In January, My Chemical Romance announced a North American Tour scheduled for this fall.
