Underoath – Erase Me Album download
Underoath finally drop their album, Erase Me. After a long time from the music scene, they deliver an 11 track project. This album from Underoath also marks a departure from the band’s Christian roots. Their Spotify biography was updated with a new mission statement:
“We had a huge identity crisis,” explains Underoath vocalist Spencer Chamberlain, of the rigid rules that led to the band’s 2012 breakup. While fans of faith may think the one-time Christian metalcore leaders are deeply confused, the band insist they’re happier than ever.
It’s a far cry from where Chamberlain spent much of his career, during which members “weren’t allowed to have different personalities.”
“The worst years of my life, the most miserable years of my life, the years I got treated the worst and was the most alone and made the most mistakes of my life, was when I was a quote-unquote Christian,” he says. “It was the hardest, most difficult time of my life, and that’s the opposite of what it’s supposed to be.”
News of the band distancing themselves from the Christian label ain’t new, but this is as brazen as they’ve ever been, referencing the disenchantment in press and, yes, even swearing.
He states it’s not an anger thing, some members still identify with the religion, though people’s concern with one’s use of a curse word is “one of the million problems” with it.
A viral marketing campaign began on February 20, 2018, with a neon yellow campaign and audio clips being sent to random fans. It was confirmed in media releases that the new album is set to release in early April. It will be the first album since 2010’s Ø (Disambiguation) and will feature the band’s iconic line-up with drummer and founding member Aaron Gillespie’s return to the band.
The band who once openly–and without apology–professed their faith-based worldview onstage nightly, have since moved beyond the realm of seemingly impenetrable polemics. At various junctures, Erase Me illustrates those moments of sanctuary, anxiety, betrayal and conflict that inevitably arise when humanity grapples with belief systems.
Tracklist:
01. It Has To Start Somewhere (3:11)
02. Rapture (3:34)
03. On My Teeth (3:10)
04. Wake Me (3:40)
05. Bloodlust (3:32)
06. Sink With You (4:44)
07. Ihateit (3:27)
08. Hold Your Breath (3:29)
09. No Frame (3:46)
10. In Motion (3:35)
11. I Gave Up (4:02)
Stream the album below and cop the project below.