Back in February, the easycore pioneers confirmed via social media that they were deep in pre-production for what will be their 13th studio album. As the month wrapped up, Gilbert took to Instagram—while receiving chemotherapy—to share insight into the writing process. The former Shai Hulud vocalist has faced multiple battles with cancer in recent years.
Here’s what Gilbert had to say:
What’s up, everybody? It’s Chad here. Thanks for following along, last week, with [drummer] Cyrus [Bolooki] and [bassist] Ian [Grushka] in town, working on new songs. So, we finished a bunch of demos and ideas– song ideas. So, the next process is lyrics, melodies, things like that. So, we got the riffs down. This is my chemo week. I’m here four days getting chemo, I’m all hooked up. So, I use this opportunity to write down lyric ideas, things like that. [Vocalist] Jordan [Pundik] sends me lyric ideas. And now, [I’m] kinda, like, listening to the demos that we wrote, and getting inspired… and melodies coming out based on the feelings that the guitar riffs and the music are giving. That process is, like– has made our biggest songs in the past, which is kinda what we’re going back to. So, I think that the feel you’ll hear on the record, you know, might be reminiscent of some of the old things that maybe made you love New Found Glory in the beginning.
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