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Morbid Stuffexpands on their tried-and-true misanthropic formula, but nudges it to more ambitious places.
Its a smart playbook for how bands can mature or get introspective without selling out their original appeal.
Honestly, we didnt originally plan on turning it into a music video it was just for ourselves.
We cant just sit on 250 awesome cover videos and do nothing with them.
Nor is there the will to make that effort.
I just say, Oh, I put my fingers here, and thats what it is.
So me doing it would be a nightmare.
Then I took guitar lessons for a total of four weeks, cause I hated learning that way.
I couldnt really play it at all.
The difficulties and origin story behindThe Dream Is Overare pretty well-documented at this point.
What were some of the biggest challenges you faced making this third album?Stefan: Apathy.
Not toward the band or anything like that.
Im just the one who gets to talk about it most because I write the lyrics.
Zack: Theres the other side that I know other artists are familiar with, the impostor syndrome.
If youre just gonna be bummed out anyway, whats the point of trying?
Zack: I think I have more experience being depressed than I do playing the drums.
I could arguably be called a professionally depressed person.
But Ive definitely worked really hard on changing a lot of the things that I do.
I take care of myself way more than I used to.
I just eat a bit better and exercise more, and I dont get blasted every single night.
I pick and choose my battles and also realize my limitations as a human being.
Scorpion Hill is one of your most sprawling narratives, similar to Pine Point on the last record.
We walk in, it was yellow shag carpet.
There were toenail clippings in the carpet everywhere; there were cigarette butts in the carpet.
This is completely fucked.
Zack and I slept in the concrete basement on like a shit-stained mattress.
It was a really horrible experience.
I think thats like the biggest thing, depersonalizing everything.
