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The Promise Ring announce reunion

by Andrew Sacher

The Promise Ring

As hinted at in a tweet on their new twitter last week, emo vets The Promise Ring have announced a reunion. Formed in 1995 by Davey von Bohlen while he was playing with Cap’n Jazz, The Promise Ring are responsible for the seminal ’90s emo album Nothing Feels Good, their sophomore LP, which spawned over a decade of copycats and gave Andy Greenwald a title for his book documenting the emo movement. After the release of that album, the band began experimenting with a lighter indie rock feel, which resulted in two more albums before their breakup in 2002. Davey and Promise Ring drummer Dan Didier continued their foray into indie rock territory in the band Maritime, who recently toured in support of their fifth LP Human Hearts which came out this past April.

The band have announced two shows so far, including one in their hometown of Milwaukee, and another in Chicago at The Metro, where they played their first reunion show in 2005 for Flower 15 Festival. According to Alternative Press, these shows will be with the “formative lineup,” von Bohlen, Didier, guitarist Jason Gnewikow, and bassist Scott Schoenbeck, who recorded on the band’s first two albums. They also note that Dan Didier has mentioned The Promise Ring “will look into potentially doing more shows throughout 2012.” They will also be releasing a rarities collection in 2012 on Dangerbird Records, which is also currently home to Maritime.

In the past week, they’ve posted two teaser videos to their vimeo titled “It’s All Coming Back To Me” (parts 1 and 2). Check those out below…


It’s All Coming Back To Me Part 1

It’s All Coming Back To Me Part 1 from The Promise Ring on Vimeo.

It’s All Coming Back To Me Part 2

It’s All Coming Back To Me Part 2 from The Promise Ring on Vimeo.