Lifeless
Dream
Fast Break! Records
Interview by hutch
Interview with: Jeremy
Members: Jeremy – Vocals; Kyle – Guitar; Michael – Drums;
Ryan – Bass; Jay - Guitar
Lifeless NLFTW formed
from the ashes of Dead and Buried and When These Days End in 2008. Reborn, the
members spewed vitriolic hardcore based metal from the start. Their demo and
debut full length surprised the scene with the hate and furor compacted in three
minute tracks. Lifeless followed up with a seven inch on Harvcore again.
Lifeless continued touring, providing sweat drenched angry shows for legions of
hardcore kids ready to exorcise their demons. Lifeless play hardcore in the
vein of Born From Pain, 100 Demons, and Integrity without apology. Now, on Fast
Break! Records, Lifeless’ Dreams unleashes the most focused and calculated
music they have created yet.
This album is as
heavy as heavy gets. Tell me about production/recording? Working with Len Carmichael?
In previous recordings, we rushed certain aspects of them. This
session, however, we really took our time. The time from the pre-production
demos to the final product was literally a year. We continue to grow and evolve
just as Len Carmichael does. With his “devil's advocate” approach at times, he
kept us on our toes to put out our best efforts and ideas. He is easy to deal
with, but not a push-over. He voices his honest opinions for the benefit of the
band and the overall recording. To us, Dream
is exactly how Lifeless should have sounded in a studio all along.
How is FastBreak!
Records?
It's great to work with people who you look up to, who are
your friends, and who want to take a serious and professional approach to releasing
and promoting the music. The truly organic music we make without taking control
of any process other than pressing the record and putting the word out there
with us. They believed in us and gave us the wheel to steer as we saw fit.
Truly, it's been a great, rewarding, and eye-opening experience.
Are you anxious to
get this out – been four years since a full length.
Yes and no. Anxious because some of these songs are two
years old, but we all agreed not to rush the recording process. Now that we're
on the cusp of it landing in people's hands and putting it out there for
everyone to hear, the anxiety somewhat subsides.
“But the hoping is
useless, cuz it won’t ever change” – so what should we put effort into?
That lyric is really talking about working day to day while
barely affording the roof over your head, food in your stomach, and trying to
find a better way to live your life instead of sitting there hoping things will
just change one day and you will be happy. Most people accept their fate, work
their lives away, and wait for the ultimate price to be paid; death. If
anything, find what you truly believe is right, “your path” in other words, and
peruse it at all costs whatever it may be.
Your lyrics are quite
negative (that’s why I like it) – or should I say realistic? *“All the people
you love will turn on you… there’s nothing you can do” What makes life worth
putting effort into (like a band…)?
I'd say the biggest thing that gets me up each day is this
band and the experiences I have through hardcore. The anticipation and excitement
of playing or going to the next show is what really keeps me going most of the
time. It's the only place I can really let go of strife. I feel better than I
ever do anywhere else. I hold onto that vibe with me until the next show.
What does 2015 hold
for tours/shows?
Shows, shows, and more shows to support the release of Dream. We are playing a few fests, some
of which have been announced and some that haven't, but we will get our ugly
mugs and angry, “dark hardcore” jams everywhere we can get them. From all over
the US, to Europe, and hopefully even Japan. Just not Canada; their border
control really doesn't like us for some reason! We're angels, I swear.
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