So THIS is what the former member of Every Time I Die have been up to. After their early 2022 split, Jordan Buckley, Clayton “Goose” Holyoak and Stephen Micciche remained in contact and posted studio footage of them working together, and now it can be confirmed that they’ve started up a new band called Better Lovers with former Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato and Fit for an Autopsy guitarist-producer Will Putney. Better Lovers have now made their debut with the aggressive new song “30 Under 13.”
It’s a hard hitter right out of the gate with Puciato’s opening scream thrusting you right into the song. The heaviness doesn’t let up either with some “bad man” riffs sure to elicit a few guitar faces. Have a listen. Check out the lyrics for the track and the Eric Richter-directed video below and if you like what you hear, the song is available at this location.
Better Lovers, “30 Under 13”
Better Lovers, “30 Under 13” Lyrics
how far are you willing to reach
while you’re coveting outcomes that you can’t achieve
now you’re on a mission
but you won’t complete
shouldn’t hold on to me
hold on to me
try to let go of me
let go of me
of what you’ll never be
you’ll hang yourself on that leash
moral mind of a fool that never learns
you’re fucking nothing to me
only known because I made you so
only known because I made you
you’re only known because of me
so don’t you forget
you’re only a fraction of my past
and now you’re gone
so hang yourself on that leash
in your mind there’s a fool that never learns
oh you’re fucking nothing to me
only known because I made you so
and? are you overlooked now?
no-one cares when you speak
while you’re disappearing
when you want to be seen
don’t you wanna be seen?
but you fear the whole world
thirty under thirteen
(thirty under thirteen)
thirty under thirteen
(thirty under thirteen)
thirty under thirteen
don’t you wanna be
don’t you want to be
everything
look you found another spot to hide
blind you can’t see with the green that’s in your eyes
inner child never feels alive
how can he breathe when you’ve locked him up inside
left to survive
how can he breathe when you’ve locked him up inside
left to survive
how can he breathe when you’ve locked him up inside
left there
left there to survive
don’t you want to be everything?
how far are you willing to reach
you can’t become like this fucking machine
oh you shouldn’t hold onto me
hold onto me
let go of me
let go of me
you shouldn’t hold onto me
hold onto me
try to let go of me
let go of me
of what you’ll never be
“Looking back, I’m so happy everything got me to where I am,” explains Buckley. “The pandemic and the last few years made me hungrier and more grateful. This isn’t a hobby. This isn’t temporary. This is the next evolution for each of us. Greg and Will rejuvenated me and made me even more confident. Now, everybody needs to know we’re a wild animal that just broke out of the zoo—there’s no trying to put it back in the cage.”
Back in November, as the group started working through their new music in the studio, Buckley commented, “This was the day I had to visualize in order to get myself out of bed during all the months that depression was both big and little spoon. I am so very grateful and thankful to have another opportunity to make music with and for people I love. My shoulder strap now has a chip on it, and since I haven’t been able get it off yet I might as well use it for motivation.”
“Jordan sent me some already finished instrumental tracks, and they hit me at just the right time,” adds Puciato. “Those tracks woke up a side of me that I thought was fully extinct but was merely evolving and changing. To my complete surprise there was still something left in that area to dig at, and the vessel for it made sense.”
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Putney, who had previously produced Every Time I Die, adds, “It’s a group of loaded weapons all firing at full power ready for the next chapter of our music careers, and I can confidently say our collective best work is ahead of us.”
Full album and tour details are still pending, but the band did reveal that “tour dates are imminent,” so stay tuned.
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