Buffalo quartet Until I Wake — new vocalist Justin Smith, alongside bassist Ryan Ridley, guitarists August Geitner and Niko Karras, and drummer Alex Curtin — are back in your ears with a new single and it will shake your foundation to its very core.
Today, the band has shared the video for the ferocious rager “Hole Hearted.”
Watch it here.
The song is the first new track to feature Smith, who joined the band in 2023, and his addition to lineup has invigorated the band!
Until I Wake have upped the ante, cranking all knobs to 11. Pummeling verses collide with soaring, arena-ready choruses, all of which are backed with percussion so immediate it could replace your own heartbeat and a relentless barrage of neck-snapping riffs — the kind that hard rock fans can’t get enough of. Until I Wake have leveled up every element of their sound, and if “Hole Hearted” is any indication, they will settle for nothing less than world domination.
“The song was written to bring more awareness to mental health,” Until I Wake explain. “It speaks about the struggles of navigating anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses. It addresses the feeling of constantly battling our own minds to live the life we want to live.”
The song, which the band worked on with The Plot In You’s Landon Tewers, boasts an even deeper personal meaning for Until I Wake.
“We knew this could be the song which truly ties the whole concept of ‘growth’ together,” the band says. “We’d love for this song to be something someone could use to help them reshape or rebuild their own lives in a positive way.”
The deluxe edition of the band’s debut album Inside My Head is out now via Fearless Records. Get it here.
Until I Wake burst onto the scene when they released a self-titled EP in 2021. Early praise was swift and streams numbered in the tens of millions worldwide. Press accolades from Outburn, Kerrang!, and Alternative Press followed. The band’s Fearless Records’ debut Inside My Head amassed XX million streams to date. They’ve appeared at major rock festivals including Louder Than Life, Upheaval, and So What and will open for Attila on the About That Life 10-Year Anniversary Tour this fall, in addition to appearing at Blue Ridge Rock Festival, Download, Welcome to Rockville, and more.
