American rock band “Neon Trees” are on tour to promote their new album “Pop Psychology”. <br /><br />“Sleeping with a Friend” is the first single of their third studio album. The album draws heavily from the therapy sessions of lead singer Tyler Glenn. <br /><br />The Neon Trees’ front man made headlines recently when he came out as gay<br /><br />Glenn spoke about his cathartic sessions: “It started as kind of a therapeutic thing to do, which I think albums are for a lot of artists. For me it was a moment where I was like, it started like really dark, and I thought, you know, this might be this dark subject matter because it’s a lot about me and my identity crisis and figuring out who I am.”<br /><br />The band are all “Mormons”, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <br /><br />Some gay Mormons are pushing the church to be more accepting and compassionate. <br /><br />But church leaders still oppose gay marriage and maintain that homosexuality is a sin. <br /><br />Despite the Mormon Church’s reaction to him coming out, Glenn is still optimistic: <br />“I’m not going to fault some church members who have a different thought. Like, I’m not going to throw away that faith because maybe they haven’t progressed or gotten to the point where they fully understand it yet. Because I do kind of foresee a moment, I know it’s slow, but I do foresee a moment in the church when there will be acceptance.”<br /><br />He also cleared up the question mark over possible changes to the band: “And I also was really clear to my bandmates, you know, we’re not a gay band all of a sudden. This doesn’t typecast us. I’m a gay man and it’s fine, and our show’s not going to become a gay show.”<br /><br />“Pop Psychology” is out now and the American alternative rock band is on tour in North America and Canada and plan to hit Europe in September.
