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NEEDTOBREATHE pulls the plug for new album

Korina Lopez
USA TODAY
The South Carolina-based band NEEDTOBREATHE are ready to release their new album 'Rivers in the Wasteland.'

NEEDTOBREATHE have pulled the plug, literally.

For their new album Rivers of the Wasteland (out April 15), the South Carolina-based trio -- brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart and Seth Bolt -- took a bare-bones approach.

"There was so much over-the-top production on the last album and on our tour," Bo said in a press release. "We wanted to blow it all up and start over. The idea for the record was to get as much of the production elements out of the way and then force ourselves to not rely on extra stuff and studio tricks and technology. We wanted to force limitations and see how far we could take the songs with just us. Probably 90% of the record is all live takes. It's very much an honest record."

The band premieres the track, Rise Again, with USA TODAY.

"I think this song was big for us because you have to realize where it all went wrong to know that there is an answer on the way. This song represents the part of the record where we were starting to put the pieces back together. I think for us sometimes, singing is believing. We had to say we could rise again before we actually could."

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