Connecticut metalcore outfit Boundaries have unveiled “May This Pain Never Leave,” the latest single from their forthcoming album, Yearning: The Unbeautiful After, due out July 17 via Sumerian Records.
The band once again enlisted longtime videographer Sarah Holick for the song’s accompanying video, which was filmed during a performance at The Webster Underground in their hometown of Hartford, CT.
Frontman Matthew McDougal explained that the track was inspired by a quote from physicist Colin Parkes regarding grief and love, saying:
“The premise of the song is laid out very plainly and intentionally. It exists as an extension of the Colin Parkes quote: ‘The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment.’”
McDougal went on to reveal that the song was written in the aftermath of the 2025 plane crash that claimed the lives of Dave Shapiro, Kendall Fortner, Emma Huke, Daniel Carmelo, and two others. Several of those who perished worked with the band through Sound Talent Group, the agency co-founded by Shapiro, who was piloting the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Reflecting on the losses, McDougal added:
“With the sudden and violent loss of a number of people close to the band this past year it became impossible to not write about the bereavement and the subsequent emotions. As much as it hurts to miss these people, I hope with all my heart it never stops so that I may miss them with the weight and significance they deserve.”
Yearning: The Unbeautiful After arrives July 17 through Sumerian Records.
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