From San Antonio, Texas, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy announces their new album, aptly titled HEAVY, arriving November 14th, 2025 on Learning Curve Records. Sludgy and all the way ignited, the album’s new single, Lyrics are Hard, captures the band’s trademark intensity.
In a kind of meta manner, the song’s lyrics describe the song itself, offering an unrelenting heaviness that sounds ferocious from start to finish. It’s accompanied by an unnerving, indie-cinematic clip with distinct Gummo-esque qualities, directed by Will Mecca, who has also created videos for Chat Pile and Full of Hell.
"TGLH has always been a band with two sides; one side, this super heavy thing and the other side, more cinematic or post-rock," states guitarist and vocalist James Woodard, TGLH’s sole constant member since 2009.
On HEAVY, Woodard is joined by the superb musicianship of guitarist James Cameron Taylor, bassist Oscar Moreno, and drummers Steven Barrera and Luke Zachary Mitchell.
"Movies, and their soundtracks, are a huge inspiration for me," says Woodard. "I collect them and have easily over 1,000 movies. It’s a sickness."
Bands within this genre could study the song’s structure and lyrics as a kind of blueprint. On the other end, TGLH have expertly channeled their inspirations and refined them into something unmistakably their own.
"I really wanted to challenge myself on this album," says Woodard. "Some of the songs are the most difficult songs to perform, I’ve ever written in this band. They’re also a love letter to my inspirations. You’ll hear Sepultura and Napalm Death homages on this record, if you are familiar with their stuff and listen closely."
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