A rizona siempre ha sido un caldo de cultivo para el heavy metal. Desde bandas de metal modernas como Job For A Cowboy, Gatecreeper y DED hasta actos clásicos como Soulfly, Flotsam and Jetsam y Alice Cooper, hay algo en el desierto que fomenta la música fuerte y agresiva. Ingrese a Phoenix, AZ, banda de punk hardcore metálico, American Standards . Habiendo lanzado ' The Dealer ' el mes pasado a través de Lambgoat, el cuarteto acaba de estrenar un seguimiento arenoso y bajo titulado ' The Tourist ' en Decibel Magazine. El contenido lírico de la canción es tan trágico como optimista, tocando temas de consumismo y legado. Alta energía y cruda, la intensidad se eleva con una característica invitada inesperada del artista de la palabra hablada Cody Milford de The God Samaritan.
El cantante de estándares estadounidenses Brandon Kellum dijo sobre la canción:
“ Nuestra sociedad genera una cultura que convence a las personas de que no tienen suficiente. Nos han convencido de perseguir la felicidad en forma de posesiones materiales, estatus social y un futuro sin promesas. Estás vivo ahora. Saboréalo .”
The Tourist aparecerá en el próximo ep 'DOPAMINE DEALER' de American Standards que se lanzará el 3 de febrero de 2023 . Escúchalo ahora en Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp o donde sea que transmitas música.
The Tourist by American Standards
When all the dust settles
What will be seen
Tarnished relics of fallen king
The wise claim
Love lives on
As beacon of the past life
Guided to the salvaged throne
Passed through this last breath
The debts are paid with copper covered eyes
With the echos silenced
The fire rises
Melts away gilded paths
To show a kings haunted memories
And you made of wax
Burnt at both ends
There is a beauty in
Impermanence
When our bodies are laid in a row
The only difference
Is the flowers that they grow
And we believe
We chase a dream
Inventing meaning out of nothing
The waves push a fate since sealed
Looking back a young king no longer moves forward
Allow the thoughts of regret to float away
A head held high embrace the embers
From lake of mourning
And you made of wax
Burnt at both ends
There is a beauty in
Impermanence
When our bodies are laid in a row
The only difference
Is the flowers that they grow
And we believe
We chase a dream
Inventing meaning out of nothing
In the face of the end I'm a wretch
Fools gold formed a noose on my neck
I hang alone from the rafters
Drowned out all their screams with my laughter
Insurgence cursing my purpose
Lost my way in pursuit of purchase
I've learned that my worth is worthless
Tell my serfs when I'm in the dirt to
Give me my crown
Watch me burn this kingdom down
Sometimes strong emotions can make you lose focus. That’s not the case for Arizona based metallic hardcore band, American Standards. After losing their guitarist to suicide and shortly after the vocalists father to cancer, the band founded in 2011 released their most emotional and socially poignant album to date. Now more focused than ever, American Standards has hit the road playing shows with bands such as Knocked Loose, Every Time I Die, and Norma Jean. Their mantra; “Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen.” Heralded by Metal Injection as “one of strongest bands in the realm of hardcore and metalcore this year” and with features on Alternative Press, Decibel, Lambgoat and Revolver, people are taking notice.