BLOOD YOUTH
Your debut album ‘Beyond Repair’ is out April 7th,
can you tell us about some of the subject matters on
the record and why you chose ‘Beyond Repair’ to be
the title?
Beyond Repair is about how we deal with anger in
the modern age. Lyrically, I wanted to concentrate on
the different ways we deal with this anger. The first
song written for BR was ‘Making Waves’. That song
is about numbing the pain and trying to forget about
all of your troubles by going out and not wanting to
be at home with your thoughts. This song inspired
the entire album theme. I remember being in a bar
having a conversation with somebody and he was out
drinking on his own because his girlfriend had just
broken up with him. He wasn’t upset he was just so
angry and mad with himself. After that, I got home
at like 3 am and wrote the chorus for ‘Parasite’. I have
many stories just like that for nearly every song on the
album, they’re all inspired by real life trauma.
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It’s been noted that bass player Max isn’t in any of
the promo posters and isn’t featured in your About
section or social media, can you tell us anything
about that?
Unfortunately Max didn’t want to tour anymore, so he
decided to step away from BY at the end of last the
year. Being in a touring band and away from home is
tough, it’s not for everyone.
We do have a new bass player, you will be seeing him
on all upcoming tours and shows!
You’ve announced only 3 shows to celebrate the
release of ‘Beyond Repair’, was that intentional or
were you limited to what you could do with touring
plans set for the rest of this year that haven’t been
announced yet?
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