Wax Idols share "I'm Not Going" off new album (listen)

by Bill Pearis

Wax Idols have shared another track off their forthcoming American Tragic LP. “I’m Not Going” is new territory for Hether Fortune, a dark ballad that has her really belting out the chorus. Fortune says of the track:

In light of recent events, it’s hard for me not to think of this song in hindsight as being somewhat prophetic. I feel like it speaks for itself. My only hope is that someone else will hear it for what it is and will receive the message I’m sending, which is to never give up on yourself – no matter what horrors life throws at you.

Stream “I’m Not Going Down” below and American Tragic is out October 16 via Geoff Rickly’s Collect Records (whose recent split with controversial backer Martin Shkreli may be the recent events Fortune alludes to).

Wax Idols start their North American tour next week, playing the BrooklynVegan/Collect Records CMJ showcase at Baby’s All Right on October 14 with Nothing, No Devotion, Creepoid, and Foxes In Fiction, and then they’ll be back for the Nothing Changes Halloween Party at Saint Vitus (10/31) with Azar Swan. Tickets for both shows are still available.

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Wax Idols – 2015 Tour Dates:
Oct. 12th – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall (w/ No Devotion, Creepoid)
Oct 13th – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry (w/ No Devotion, Creepoid)
Oct. 14th – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right (Brooklyn Vegan/Collect Records Showcase)
Oct. 18th – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill (w/ Screature & DJs Justin Anastasi and Omar)
Oct. 20th – Portland, OR – TBA
Oct. 21st – Seattle, WA – The Highline (w/ Charms & Dead Spells)
Oct. 24th – Lincoln, NE – Knickerbocker’s
Oct. 27th – Chicacgo, IL – The Empty Bottle
Oct. 28th – Detroit, MI – Marble Bar (w/ Blood Stone)
Oct. 31st – Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus (w/ Azar Swan & DJ Becka Diamond)
Nov. 2nd – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Nov. 4th – Austin, TX – Mohawk
Nov. 5th – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tigers
Nov. 7th – Phoenix, AZ – TBA (w/ Body of Light & Ascetic House DJs)
Nov, 8th – Los Angeles, CA – Complex (w/ Pleasures & DJ Shannon Cornett)