Mit „Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience“ legt Bury Tomorrow nicht nur ein musikalisch vielseitiges, sondern auch emotional tiefgründiges Album vor. Im Gespräch mit Adam Jackson, Schlagzeuger der britischen Metalcore-Band, sprechen wir über den Entstehungsprozess der neuen Platte, die persönliche Bedeutung des Albumtitels und die emotionale Weiterentwicklung der Band seit „The Seventh Sun„. Es geht um mentale Gesundheit, kreative Grenzen – oder das bewusste Überschreiten derselben – und um die frische Energie, mit der Bury Tomorrow in eine neue Schaffensphase startet. Das neue Album erscheint am Freitag, den 16. Mai.
Frontstage Magazine: “Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience” already sounds emotionally charged just by its title – what does that phrase mean to you personally, and when did it first come to life?
Bury Tomorrow: Originally the alum title started as lyrics within the song ‘Silence Isn’t Helping us’ off the album, and when we were considering album titles it stuck out to us. Collectively, it relates to the hope of creating permanence within impermanence, but though to ‘haunt’ fits with the more obvious meaning that a spirit is the permanence left in the wake of the impermanence of death, we aren’t talking solely about ghostly themes as such. It is more an idea of an atmosphere that lingers, a reminder that you aren’t alone. It’s also very important for us that people find their own meanings within the title or the lyrics, so we are looking forward to hearing how others interpret the record in that sense.
Frontstage Magazine: Following The Seventh Sun, you’ve taken another emotional and sonic leap forward. What was most important to you during the songwriting process this time?
Bury Tomorrow: I think we just wanted to write the best songs possible, while progressing as a band and musicians, and also not wanting to do the exact same record again. With Tom and Ed finding their feet more within the writing process it was natural that we would try even more new things on this record and we were excited to do so. Saying that, we are always conscious we want to retain the DNA that makes us Bury Tomorrow. We don’t want to write music that sounds like a totally different band, so its important to find that balance. We want this record to take us to another level and so the quality filter was very high! We analysed everything to make sure we felt it was good enough.
Frontstage Magazine: The new album feels more musically diverse than ever – where do you see the biggest steps in your sound’s evolution, and were there any limits you consciously chose not to cross while experimenting?
Bury Tomorrow: Definitely no limits past what we might consider would take us outside that DNA I mentioned before, but there were no demos that we scrapped for that reason as such, we were certainly focused and clear on the material we were writing. I think we are just trying to expand our horizons as much as we can in a lot of ways, but the most obvious would be that Dan has some actual singing parts on this album which is a huge step for us and him. That was certainly cool to experiment with and in turn you can hear Tom scream too – the switching of roles in a couple of songs was a cool progression for us.
Frontstage Magazine: You’ve gone through quite a few changes over the past few years – how do those personal experiences reflect in the sound and lyrics of this new record?
Bury Tomorrow: Well certainly with Tom and Ed now involved we have access to extra people from a songwriting perspective as I mentioned before so that’s a huge addition to the creative process and obviously influences what we create as a group. Lyrically both Tom and Dan touch on elements of their mental health and certainly some of our issues previously in the band have impacted that for all of us. There’s a lot of negativity on the surface of the album lyrically but they were also written to offer glimmers of hope relating to working together to create a better environment for ourselves and each other.
Frontstage Magazine: The album deals deeply with themes like self-sabotage, anxiety, and the search for inner clarity. Was there one particular song that felt especially difficult or cathartic to create?
Bury Tomorrow: I know Dan has spoken before about ‘What If I Burn’ being one that stood out to him. He’s been a big fan of La Dispute for a long time and was channeling that vibe through this in some of the quieter moments of the song, which were quite different for us, so needed a different dynamic and execution from him for it to make sense. That song in particular is about the tricks our minds play on us within our perception of our own existence, and I think you can hear the emotion in his voice during the song.
Frontstage Magazine: After a worldwide tour and the creation of this powerful new release – how does this album compare to your previous ones? Does it feel like a fresh beginning?
Bury Tomorrow: Absolutely, every album is a chance to go again and enter that album cycle with fresh energy and purpose. We are really feeling the worlwide profile of this band continue to grow and that‘s exciting at this stage of our career. We are bigger than ever and that support is both humbling and envigorating. We look forward to touring all over the world in support of it through the next couple of years, and just hope that everyone loves the record as much as we do.
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