Release long-awaited new LP ‘Love Is Not Enough’ CD/Digital out now, LP incoming March 13. See Converge on tour Apr + May in N.A., Jun + July in EU.

For more than three decades, band have delivered musical and emotional catharsis, putting purpose before perception and intent before interpretation. Whether it’s their 2001 landmark recording ‘Jane Doe’ or their 2021 Bloodmoon: I collaboration, Converge have created some of the most compelling music, lyrics, and visual art of the 21st century. During that time, fewer bands have had a greater impact on the underground imagination. The band comments on the album: “As a stand alone statement, the meaning is subjective— up to you. Love is an essential foundation for everything, yet it is not strong enough on its own to withstand the storm that life brings.” It seems unlikely that anyone who has been making music for this long would create one of their best works for their eleventh album, in their 35th year as a band. And yet it might be the apotheosis of Converge’s decades-long journey through the punk, hardcore and metal microcosm. What vocalist/lyricist Jacob Bannon, guitarist/producer Kurt Ballou, bassist/vocalist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller have created is a strident artistic statement on the turmoil of living that hones their collective strengths to a razor’s edge. ‘Love Is Not Enough’ was recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City in Salem, Massachusetts, with engineering assistance from Zach Weeks. Jacob Bannon did the artwork and design, creating an image for each song and a commanding cover depicting a celestial witness to a world aflame. “We still identify this band as the outlet that’s essential to our lives” Bannon says. “We give everything we have to it. Being past your average middle age, we’re starting to see deeper than before into a variety of places. And I don’t think that’s specific to us. I think that’s something that’s utterly relatable.”

Converge, on tour:
Apr 02 Cleveland, OH — House of Blues #
Apr 03 Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall #
Apr 04 Pontiac, MI — Crofoot #
Apr 05 Dayton, OH — The Hidden Gem
Apr 06 New Kensington, PA — Preserving Underground #
Apr 07 Toronto, ON — History #
Apr 08 Montreal, QC — Theatre Fairmont
Apr 09 Worcester, MA — Palladium #
Apr 10 New York, NY — Knockdown Center #
Apr 11 Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore #
Apr 12 Baltimore, MD — Nevermore Hall #
May 07 Denver, CO — Summit %
May 09 Austin, TX — Stubbs Outdoors %
May 10 Houston, TX — House of Blues %
May 12 Mesa, AZ — The Nile %
May 13 Los Angeles, CA — Belasco %
May 15 Anaheim, CA — House of Blues %
Mar 16 San Diego, CA — The Observatory North Park %
May 17 San Francisco, CA — The Regency Ballroom %

Apr 09 Worcester, MA — Palladium #
Apr 10 New York, NY — Knockdown Center #
Apr 11 Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore #
Apr 12 Baltimore, MD — Nevermore Hall #
May 07 Denver, CO — Summit %
May 09 Austin, TX — Stubbs Outdoors %
May 10 Houston, TX — House of Blues %
May 12 Mesa, AZ — The Nile %
May 13 Los Angeles, CA — Belasco %
May 15 Anaheim, CA — House of Blues %
Mar 16 San Diego, CA — The Observatory North Park %
May 17 San Francisco, CA — The Regency Ballroom %

Jun 25 Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera on Air
Jun 26 Rennes, FR — Superbowl of Hardcore
Jun 27 Manchester, UK — Outbreak Festival
Jun 28 Antwerp, BE — Kavka Zappa ^
Jun 29 Cologne, DE — Essigfabrik ^
Jul 01 Trutnov, CZ — Obscene Extreme Festival

Jul 02 Vienna, AT — Arena ^
Jul 03 Milan, IT — Circolo Magnolia ^
Jul 04 Viveiro, ES — Resurrection Fest

# with Poison The Well, SPY, Balmora
% with Poison The Well, The Armed, The Barbarians Of California
^ with Heriot, Boneflower, Crouch

‘Love Is Not Enough’ tracklist:

Love Is Not Enough
Bad Faith
Distract And Divide
To Feel Something
Beyond Repair
Amon Amok
Force Meets Presence
Gilded Cage
Make Me Forget You
We Were Never The Same