Madina Lake Release New Single

By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 1, 2010 8:40PM

Since Madina Lake bassist Matthew Leone regained consciousness after enduring a savage assault that left him hospitalized and in a coma, news for the local pop-punk band has become progressively better. Despite Leone’s extensive injuries from the assault, which were so bad he had to have a third of his skull removed, the music community response was compassionate and vast.

Special concerts were held in order to help pay for Leone’s hospitalization, which came after he intervened on behalf of a domestic violence victim, whose husband then assaulted Leone. Things have been relatively quiet since then, but Nathan Leone, Matthew’s brother and Madina Lake’s frontman, indicated that the band’s moving forward musically.

According to the Madina Lake Twitter feed, a new single, “They’re Coming For Me,” is available to purchase on iTunes. Nathan Leone said on the band’s Tumblr that right now that his brother’s recovery is progressing positively but is still not without the occasional trip to the emergency room.

Concerning the new material, Leone wrote that a new EP, along with a new full-length album titled Word War 3, is forthcoming. “They’re Coming For Me” is taken from War, and it’s full of sonic bombast, with Madina Lake shifting the anthemic aspects of their music a to slower, more mid-tempo rock. There are hints of U2 and Peter Gabriel in “They’re Coming For Me,” but old fans should be able to eagerly hear the connections to their past work.

Download “They’re Coming For Me” at iTunes. Donations for Matthew Leone can be made at Through The Pain.