(CCM) Spartan Records and Shiner are pleased to present "The Alligator," the latest single to be lifted from the Friday, September 26 release of BELIEVEYOUME, the forthcoming album from the longstanding Kansas City rock band.
Following the album's heavy opener "Asleep In The Trunk," "The Alligator" is a song about control. "It's about control artists, gaslighters, love bombers and the ilk who can manipulate others sometimes without even knowing they're doing it," the band says. "They hold all the cards in the relationship and can provide and take away. It's slap and tickle and slap again. Classic abuse and controlling ploys."
Shiner also recently announced its U.S. fall headline appearances in support of BELIEVEYOUME. Spanning October and November and taking in 19 evenings across the west coast, midwest and east coast, the tour will kick off on Sunday, October 5 at Casbah in San Diego, CA and culminate in an appearance at Small's Bar in Detroit MI on Saturday, November 15.
Having spent over three decades redefining heavy, melodic rock, evolving from the raw power of their early years into something more layered, dynamic, and emotionally resonant, BELIEVEYOUME finds the band channeling that evolution into a set of songs that feel immediate yet timeless, balancing their signature heaviness with newfound space and vulnerability. BELIEVEYOUME digs deep into aging, relationships, and self-deception, its title reflecting the ambiguity and contradictions at the heart of human connection. The result is Shiner at their most honest and self-aware - still heavy, still weird, and still pushing forward after all these years.
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