Waste Roll Out “Eyes Up” Video, Announce New EP ‘The Weight Of Everything’

Minneapolis, MN deathcore outfit Waste have announced plans to release a new EP titled ‘The Weight Of Everything’, due out April 24th through Seek And Strike. The band have also premiered a music video for “Eyes Up,” which serves as the first single from the upcoming release.

The EP was produced by Jonathan Dolese (Cane Hill, Downswing), with the band describing the new material as a defining moment for their current lineup.

Speaking in detail about the creative process behind the EP and its lead single, the band shared the following via a press release:

“During the inception of this EP, the band was dealing with a number of uncertainties. Before we dove deep into the writing process we came together to really figure out what we wanted Waste to be. The year prior and even the few months leading up recording – we struggled to fully realize our next steps and direction.

This EP is the result of us figuring out exactly where we wanted to go and what we wanted to be. This EP marked the first time the current lineup was able to write together from scratch. It also really showcases who Jeremy is as a vocalist and lyricist. It gave him free reign to use his abilities to the fullest. When we first got the final masters back all of us were absolutely blown away. Not just because of the production quality, but because we truly felt we had achieved what we had been attempting to do for years. However, we have to hype up Jonathan because he really knocked these mixes out of the park.

The first single is ‘Eyes Up.’ The song itself ties into the video in the sense that both are pretty simple and straight to the point. The video shows us in a jam space type session simply performing the song. Throughout the video it shows small clips of us rebuilding, organizing and setting up our rehearsal space. This is sort of metaphorical for what the year leading up to that point has been for us. A sort of rebuilding of Waste, and what we are.

The lyrical content is really just a culmination of stories that touch on day to day life. The struggles we go through. While the previous releases tended to take a more metaphorical approach – these songs and their lyrics are more raw, straight forward and real. Addressing real life issues that we are experiencing right now.

While it’s clear that we follow in the footsteps of certain bands, we generally like to stay away from comparing ourselves to specific names in the genre. Things we wanted to convey in our music that we were inspired by are things like the delivery of raw emotions. Anger, high energy, etc. If we had to pick bands that inspired this record we’d name bands like Villains, Start/End era Sworn In, Distinguisher, etc.

We have had one hell of a year leading up to this release. We wanted to highlight the amount of work that the entire band put in. Therefore, we self-produced all of the music videos, self designed the entire merch collection and put together some of the highest quality content we’ve ever done to support a release.

It’s safe to say that we have never worked this hard to fully construct the vision we’ve had for a release. We want to extend a massive thank you to all of our supporters. As cliche as it is to say, we could not have made this happen without your constant encouragement and unyielding support. Much love to all of you.”

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