Dying Wish’s last two albums, Fragments of a Bitter Memory and Symptoms of Survival, made them a promising up-and-comer within hardcore and metalcore. Today, the Portland five-piece have announced their next full-length, Flesh Stays Together, which was made with Will Putney and arrives Sept. 26 via SharpTone Records.
Of the LP, vocalist Emma Boster explains, “Flesh Stays Together is a discovery, a journey of grief, and a statement. Together, we face the most unacceptable conditions in our lifetimes. Every tragedy becomes our own, yet we have never been more separated. Flesh is a vicious wake-up call. Slowly and painfully, we approach the end we deserve.”
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The band match that heavy statement with an equally crushing new single, “I’ll Know You’re Not Around,” which Boster says “expresses weakness and deep regret when faced with the ongoing pain on the surface of our dependency with one another. The unavoidable conflict, betrayal, and abandonment that lie within the cracks of our society. An acceptance of grief.”
The song arrives alongside a video co-directed by Eric Richter and guitarist Pedro Carrillo, featuring blood and ceremony. “It opens up where this band can go and how vulnerable things can be,” Carrillo adds. “Whether it is by our own accord or not, life is both vulnerable and artistic. Even in the most confusing of times.”
Dying Wish – Flesh Stays Together tracklist
- “I Don’t Belong Anywhere”
- “A Curse Upon Iron”
- “I’ll Know You’re Not Around”
- “Revenge In Carnage”
- “Nothing Like You”
- “Surrender Everything”
- “Empty The Chamber”
- “Moments I Regret”
- “Heaven Departs”
- “Flesh Stays Together”
