I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
hi, i did not know where else to put this, sorry!
Info to add to the Soapbox Preachers page.
-Soapbox Preachers formed in 2005.
-Their first release, entitled "On The Inbetween", came out late 2005/early 2006.
-Their new CD, "They Call It Progress", was released a couple weeks ago.
Biography for Soapbox Preachers:
A product of the disdain for the decline of society one man decided to make his voice heard through his love of music. Armed with guitars, a bass, some drums and his voice he sought to make himself heard. Soapbox Preachers came into being after Mike's band dissolved upon high school graduation and the members going their separate ways. Mike's first album "On the Inbetween" was released in 2005 as an independent study project and received varying reviews, but the reviews did nothing more than aid Mike's drive to make his next album much better than his first.
The result is the 2010 release of "They Call It Progress." Much happened in those 5 years between albums. Mike went to college, joined the college paper working his way from the top to the bottom, toured the nation with a theater group, lost his grandparents in a house fire, moved up to a higher position at his job, traveled to Boston, and finally got his girl.
"They Call It Progress" features a higher degree of musicianship and lyricism than "On the Inbetween." "They Call It Progress" draws more from Mike's life than its predecessor as well as drawing from society's ills. With raging guitars, pounding bass lines, fast paced drums, and a voice of the people, "They Call It Progress" shows the talent and promise of this emerging artist.
Info to add to the Soapbox Preachers page.
-Soapbox Preachers formed in 2005.
-Their first release, entitled "On The Inbetween", came out late 2005/early 2006.
-Their new CD, "They Call It Progress", was released a couple weeks ago.
Biography for Soapbox Preachers:
A product of the disdain for the decline of society one man decided to make his voice heard through his love of music. Armed with guitars, a bass, some drums and his voice he sought to make himself heard. Soapbox Preachers came into being after Mike's band dissolved upon high school graduation and the members going their separate ways. Mike's first album "On the Inbetween" was released in 2005 as an independent study project and received varying reviews, but the reviews did nothing more than aid Mike's drive to make his next album much better than his first.
The result is the 2010 release of "They Call It Progress." Much happened in those 5 years between albums. Mike went to college, joined the college paper working his way from the top to the bottom, toured the nation with a theater group, lost his grandparents in a house fire, moved up to a higher position at his job, traveled to Boston, and finally got his girl.
"They Call It Progress" features a higher degree of musicianship and lyricism than "On the Inbetween." "They Call It Progress" draws more from Mike's life than its predecessor as well as drawing from society's ills. With raging guitars, pounding bass lines, fast paced drums, and a voice of the people, "They Call It Progress" shows the talent and promise of this emerging artist.
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