Beartooth Announce New Album, Drop Video
Hard rock/metal/ mainstream/badass crossovers Beartooth announced a new album this week, The Surface, and dropped a video for the track “Might Love Myself.”
This record is the band’s fifth album and will be out October 13 via Red Bull Records. According to the band, it not only represents musical growth but the members’ personal growth as well.
“Beartooth’s entire discography has been snapshots of my inner monologue and emotional state over the years with a recurring theme: depression and self-loathing,” says Shomo. “It’s been tough to understand why I’ve felt the way I do for so long. During the pandemic, I was faced with two distinct paths in life. One—I continue doing nothing to manage the realities of my mental health and continue down a path of self-destruction, ultimately ending in my demise. Two—choose to do the work needed to maintain a healthier relationship with myself, no matter how difficult or painful.
“This album is the story of my beginnings in the new world I’ve created for myself. One focused on health, self love, positivity, understanding, hard work, and most of all, second chances. At the end of the day, life is short for all of us. We can’t escape the end, so why not make friends with it and live in a world focused on living a personally fulfilling life?”
“I truly believe mental health starts with a healthy relationship with one’s self,” Shomo further explains. “Self love was something I never believed would be a part of my life. I would focus on my depression and my sadness, believing those part of me were always the most prominent in my mind. But through hard work comes results. Self-love had to be a choice; it can’t be an emotion. Emotions are fleeting and can change with a sunset or a single word. Choosing to put your own health (mentally and physically) as the highest priority in your life has been the only path I’ve found to self love. It helped me realize what I’m capable of, how strong I am, and that progress is more important than any immediate fix to my emotions. This song is about the first moment I realized something was significantly shifting in my life.”
Beartooth recently wrapped up a co-headlining U.S. tour with Trivium and will play Australia next alongside Pierce The Veil. Then they will head to Europe for a festival run.
Preorder the album here.
