Islander released their new album It’s Not Easy Being Human and along with that release came a lyric video for their song “Skin Crawl“. The track features a guest spot from Brian “Head” Welch of Korn, Dan Weyandt, vocalist of Zao, and Bruce Fitzhugh, vocalist/guitarist of Living Sacrifice.
Mikey Carvajal, the vocalist of Islander offered the following on the track:
“‘Skin Crawl‘ is a song about how trippy it is just to be alive. If you really think hard about life and death, I mean REALLY think about it, it’ll hurt your brain and make your skin crawl.”
On the album itself he said:
“It’s not easy being human. It’s something everyone can relate to. We know that this life isn’t easy, and as frequently as we’ve all heard the saying, ‘people are dealing with their own struggles that we may never know about,’ we want to actually apply that knowledge into choosing to be good to one another.
It’s as simple as the title says…It’s Not Easy Being Human, so we hope it encourages everyone to show each other a little grace in this crazy life. We included a ton of our friends on the record from Korn, Underoath, Zao, P.O.D., I Prevail, Bad Brains, Living Sacrifice, Lacey Sturm, Fire From The Gods, and Hyro The Hero.
I’ve always been interested in seeing my favorite artists work together and we wanted to do that on this record, by leaning on one another, supporting one another, and just having a musical party. We even had the wrestling icon Sting star in a video for one of the tracks. A lot of rap albums have guests all over them, so we were like ‘why not just do that with our friends?’
The track list for It’s Not Easy Being Human runs as follows:
01 – “We Scream” (feat. Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath)
02 – “Evil”
03 – “It’s Not Easy Being Human” (feat. Lacey Sturm)
04 – “Lookin’ For Love”
05 – “Lights, Camera, Action” (feat. Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D.)
06 – “Skin Crawl” (feat. Brian “Head” Welch of Korn, Dan Weyandt of Zao, Bruce Fitzhugh of Living Sacrifice)
07 – “Black Scorpion”
08 – “Skateboard Flowers” (feat. HR of Bad Brains)
09 – “What Do You Gotta Lose?”
10 – “Mayday”
11 – “Crazy Crazy World”
12 – “Y’all” (feat. Hyro The Hero)
13 – “My Friends” (feat. Eric Vanlerberghe of I Prevail)
14 – “Tear It Down”
15 – “Freedom” (feat. AJ Channer of Fire From The Gods)
16 – “No Sleep”
17 – “The Outsider”
You can catch Islander on ‘Ragefest‘ with Attila, He Is Legend and Crown Magnetar on the following dates:
04/01 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
04/02 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Concert Hall
04/03 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
04/05 Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
04/07 Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
04/08 Fresno, CA – Strummers
04/09 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
04/10 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
04/11 Reno, NV – Virginia Street Brewhouse
04/13 Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
04/14 Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater
04/15 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
04/16 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
04/17 Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom
