Fans became incredibly excited with the news that Tigers Jaw would be releasing a new split with Black Clouds (Ft. members of O Pioneers!). Black Clouds frontman, Eric Solomon, has now confirmed that the split will be released via Run For Cover Records sometime soon. Check out a full interview with Solomon here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More”.

ZH: When I look over the OP!!! discography, it seems like all you guys did were 7”s and EPs and splits. I think over the 8 years OP!!! was a band, you only released two proper full lengths, correct? Was that a conscious decision? I know some bands sort of just make it a habit to release nothing but EPs these days.

ES: Again it all comes back to the changeover of people and my lack of musical skills. In the middle of writing Neon Creeps, the 2nd OP!!! full length, Danny (who is in Pswingset now) and Matt quit the band! I had to beg them to record the songs we wrote so I could have some document of them to show to the next group of people that were coming to play with me. It was so frustrating dealing with songs in that situation, because again, everyone plays different, and their different styles change the way the songs sound. So writing songs for 7”s wasn’t really an ideal situation, but it kept the band active, and also made it so I could work with bands and people I really respected. I think with our new band we are going to try and do more full lengths, and put together records as a total record. But with that being said the first record for Black Clouds is a split with Tigers Jaw so I could be totally wrong about that.

ZH: What’s next from here?

ES: We are going to be doing the winter tour, and releasing a digital discography for free on Kiss of Death. While we are doing this winter tour we are going to play a couple of new songs from our new band Black Clouds. The first record we are putting out for that is going to be a split LP with Tigers Jaw on Run For Cover Records. I’m not sure exactly when it’s coming out. But I know it’s coming out soon!