Firm favourites in the UK, Canadian roots rock band The Commoners will be setting foot on British soil this coming December for a ten date headline tour.
“The UK has become a second home for us,” said The Commoners’ bassist, Ben Spiller. “Over the last few years, we’ve had the pleasure of rocking dozens of shows over the course of five unforgettable UK tours and festivals.
To coincide with the announcement of the December tour, The Commoners release their new single ‘Too Soon To Know You’ available to stream on Spotify and YouTube.
“The new single is a reflection on the fleeting nature of connection, and the bittersweet feeling of having had someone in your life when the timing wasn’t quite right to make the connection last,” says The Commoners drummer, Adam Cannon.
“We wanted to capture that fragile moment when everything feels both urgent and uncertain. Recording it was a real collaborative effort — We tracked live off the floor and layered it with raw vocals and textured guitars and organ to evoke that sense of vulnerability.”
“The song is about the human tendency to cling to what might have been and the hope that, maybe, there’s still a chance to understand each other before it’s too late.”
Taken from The Commoners’ Restless album, you could quite easily mistake their ‘Too Soon To Know You’ single for a Black Crowes number, but with added subtly and devoid of ego. Suitably so, since it’s a tale of a person changing, or not being the same as when last you saw them.
‘Too Soon To Know You’ moves a little capriciously through ballad styled changes, shifting between electric and acoustic before driving hard towards a soulful conclusion that may just leave that big tattooed geezer standing next to you shaking inexplicably in tears.
The news of the new single and December UK tour follows the release of The Commoners – Live in the UK album available on CD and vinyl here, and digitally here. Featuring nine live tracks, the album includes Commoners anthems with added parts, extended sections, performed live on the band’s 2024 UK tour.
Tickets for the December tour are available via Planet Rock, Gigantic.com and direct from The Commoners’ website.
