Beyond Disdain open up about Till Death Parts Us, their darkest and most ambitious release yet, discussing loss, survival, influences, growth, and the emotional journey behind the album.
1. “Till
Death Parts Us” is your sophomore album and your most ambitious release so far.
What does this album represent for Beyond Disdain at this particular moment in
your journey?
This album
feels like the band fully becoming itself. After the self-titled debut and
"Everything We Gave" introduced us to a wider audience, we wanted to
make something bigger, darker, and more honest. Till Death Parts Us is the
record where we stopped holding back. We spent over a year on it and wanted it
to be an epic release with a lot of heart and soul poured in.
2. The
album explores grief, memory, loss, obsession, and survival. What personal or
emotional experiences shaped the writing of these songs?
A lot of
the tracks come from personal experiences, including toxic relationships. The
overarching narrative is about a vow said the wrong way, that "till death
parts us" feeling of being stuck in something that isn't healthy. Songs
like "Anesthetic" were inspired by personal struggles with addiction
that we were thankfully able to overcome. Other tracks, like "Mirage"
and "Streams In The Wasteland," deal with themes of faith. The album
is a snapshot of grief, memory, loss, obsession, survival, and trying to find
your way out.
3. Your
sound combines heavy riffs with haunting vocals and a darker, cinematic
atmosphere. How did you approach developing the band's sound compared with your
self-titled debut and Bleeding Ever After EP?
We leaned
heavier into atmosphere and dynamics. The debut established the melodic
metalcore core, but this time we wanted every song to feel like a scene. Bigger
guitars, haunting vocals, more space in the production. We were less worried
about sounding "heavy enough" and more focused on making the emotion
land.
4. The
early-2000s hard rock and alternative metal scene is a clear influence, with
names such as Paramore, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Breaking Benjamin, and Chevelle
mentioned around the album. What is it about that era that continues to inspire
you?
That era
wasn't afraid to be dramatic. Paramore, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Breaking
Benjamin, Chevelle. They wrote huge hooks around real pain. There's a sincerity
in those records that still hits. We grew up on that, and we want to bring that
same emotional directness into a modern metalcore framework.
5. The
album contains 18 tracks, which makes Till Death Parts Us a substantial
listening experience. How did you decide on the final tracklist, and was there
a particular narrative or emotional progression you wanted listeners to follow?
Eighteen
tracks just felt right. We wrote a lot more and cut hard. The sequence is meant
to move through grief and obsession in real time, from being trapped in a toxic
bond to the slow process of surviving it. "Long Way Home" sits near
the center as the emotional anchor.
6. “Long
Way Home” is presented as the album's focus track. What makes this song
especially important to you, and what story or emotion is at its heart?
"Long
Way Home" is the song that holds the album together. It's about returning
to something, or someone, after everything has changed. It has the melody, the
heaviness, and the emotional weight all in one place, so choosing it as the
focus track was easy.
7.
Beyond Disdain began as a passion project between friends making songs together
in GarageBand back in middle school. Looking back, what does it mean to see
something that started so informally grow into a band reaching millions of
listeners?
It's
surreal and humbling. We were just friends making songs on laptops for fun. To
go from that to 20 million streams and a release on Retro Modern Records with
vinyl and CDs being pressed, none of it feels real until we see fans singing
the words back at us.
8. Your
breakout single “Everything We Gave” helped introduce Beyond Disdain to a much
wider audience. How did the reaction to that song influence the direction of
Till Death Parts Us?
"Everything
We Gave" proved people wanted the melodic, emotional side of us. It gave
us confidence to go deeper and darker instead of safer. We didn't try to
rewrite that song. We tried to show what else lives in the same world.
9. You
have surpassed 20 million streams across multiple platforms in your first year,
with hundreds of thousands of monthly Spotify listeners. How has this rapid
growth affected you creatively, and do you feel any pressure to meet the
expectations that come with it?
There was a
little feeling of pressure, but for the most part we'd be doing this if we had
even just 10 listeners. It's a personal passion of ours, and we're just lucky
that people enjoy listening as well. The growth has made us more decisive, but
we don't chase trends. We chase the feeling.
10.
Trevor Anderson describes the band as music made from the songs you grew up
listening to. How do you balance those nostalgic influences with the desire to
create something that feels distinctly Beyond Disdain?
We start
with the sounds we love, then filter them through our own stories. Nostalgia is
the language, and our experiences are the message. If it doesn't sound like us,
we strip it back until it does.
11. With
the album being released through Retro Modern Records and physical vinyl and CD
editions being pressed to order, how important is it for you to give fans
something tangible in an increasingly digital music landscape?
It matters
a lot. Streaming is how people discover music, but vinyl and CDs are how they
keep it. Fans want something to hold and connect with physically. It also
forces us to treat the artwork and packaging as part of the art.
12.
Finally, now that Till Death Parts Us is out in the world, what do you hope
listeners take away from the album—and where would you like Beyond Disdain to
go from here?
We hope the
music helps people who are dealing with personal struggles similar to the
themes we've explored, and that it gives them some personal enjoyment in their
lives. From here, we'd love to keep taking the music further to new audiences
globally and hope to tour at some point in the future.
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