SOJA - “Strength to Survive” out Jan 31, 2012!

Washington, DC’s SOJA have signed to ATO and will release their next studio album Strength To Survive on January 31. SOJA will support the album with an extended tour scheduled to kick off at the Kaka’ako Waterfront Park Amphitheater in Honolulu on January 21.  Strength To Survive, was produced by John Alagia, who has helped polish acts like Dave Matthews, John Mayer and O.A.R. SOJA lead singer Jacob Hemphill says Strength To Survive was greatly inspired by Bob Marley’s Survival . That’s the greatest reggae album ever made,” he says. “It has the best basslines and the best lyrics ever heard on one record. Marley wrote it after he went to Africa. I was 13 or 14 when I listened to it for the first time and it triggered all these long-forgotten memories of when I lived in Africa as a kid. My dad was an IMF res rep in Liberia in the late 80’s. I remember when the coup first started—- my family had to hide in these iron bathtubs for 3 days because the military was shooting at everything. I was 7 and that was one of my first memories. We made it out on the last flight. So Africa was always a big part of our lives—- it defined our family, in a way. Music came right after that, so, for me, music was always tied to Africa and music was always something powerful.” The band will also play two big hometown shows at Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club on May 18 and 19.  Click here to Pre-order the album!