Today, HM is proud to premiere “Rat Race,” the newest single and music video from Blessing a Curse. The song comes from the band’s upcoming release, Waste, hitting stores and streams in late March.
Coming off tour, the band spent the better part of 2018 recording the sophomore release, produced by Stephan Hawkes (Attila, Jonny Craig, Chelsea Grin) at Interlace Audio in Portland, OR. “Rat Race” tackles the
Singer went on to encourage:
“Sometimes, the only reassuring thing we can tell ourselves is that it’s all part of the struggle to get to where we want to be. And, even when you feel lost, you’ve just got to keep pushing forward until things make sense.”
– Vocalist Joshy Singer
If you dig it, preorders are available via Smartpunk Records.
The Orlando, FL-based metal band was founded in 2013, releasing the EP Somewhere in Between it All the following year. It caught the attention of Smartpunk Records and released their debut full length, Satisfaction for the Vengeful, in 2016 with the label.
On the album, the eponymous track was written about the struggle with becoming engulfed in worry, stress, anxiety, and tension and the fallout among those you hold close. It ended up becoming the ideology behind the release itself. “It is during those moments of weakness,” Singer said, “a unique sense of clarity appears to show you that, through determination in the face of complete hopelessness and uncertainty, one can surpass it all.”
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