While currently on tour celebrating the rest of their 20th Anniversary
of their absolute masterpiece of an album "They're Only Chasing Safety", and after
a swaggy new release of their single "Teeth" last month, Underoath again arrives to
the spotlight with their electrifying new standalone single
for "Survivor's Guilt" accompanied by a music video.
The lyrical content of the single dives into the guilt that frontman Spencer Chamberlain
feels each day as a survivor of an addiction to drugs as he stated
"I feel this heavy guilt about making it out alive when so many
of my friends didn't. There have been many times during my recovery
when I've felt guilty, and that's a mindfuck in itself,
but it's a real feeling. The opening line explains it pretty bluntly.
I've been off drugs for seven years, and I've lost eight friends
in 2023 alone to the same demon I was entangled with.
It's a heavy feeling to bear because it's not like you're better
than anyone else out there — you literally just got lucky.
I got my shit together before it was too late and I'm grateful for every single day
I wake up now, especially because there was a time when I wasn't sure I would."
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Official photo of frontman Spencer Chamberlain as seen from his Instagram (image by @dannewmandp)
Underoath guitarist Timothy McTague stated that
""We had the idea to shoot a music video for 'Survivor's Guilt',
as we really think the song is special and it needed a proper visual
representation to accompany it. We are on the longest tour of our lives
and had no time before we left, so we decided to shoot one ourselves
with our content creator, Jacob Moniz."
Looking to reincorporate their fan base into their new music, their latest release of
"Survivor's Guilt" has become one of their favorites off the release as frontman
Spencer Chamberlain would express
"The song was really fun to work on. The chorus came from the first idea I threw out there.
I love when a song has such a powerful feel to the music that the vocals come out completely naturally.
It made the sad heaviness feel even more intense. We've also never had a song with this type
of swing to it, which is hard to pull off without it feeling cheesy, but I love the way this one hits.
I could probably say this about every song on the record, but this is one of
my favorite UNDEROATH songs ever."
Outro
Underoath and has been a continued leader in the Post-Hardcore
scene with their reinvention of the balance between destruction and tranquility
as seen in their incredible span of a career leading up to this point, and fans will be
able to catch Underoath next at the "When We Were Young" festival this
weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official photo of Underoath as seen on their Instagram - 2024