Because the launch of their breakthrough debut ‘Misplaced Souls’ in 2021, Yorkshire’s Caskets have been carving out their very own distinctive area throughout the UK post-hardcore scene. 

With every track on album one delving into the tales and feelings of vocalist Matt Flood’s previous, the five-piece unveiled a dynamic mix of bone-crushing riffs and mellower atmospheric areas, impressed by the metallic bands they discovered solace in rising up.

Channelling each emotion from love and hope to despair and grief, their distinctive heart-on-sleeve method has seen Caskets join with heavy music followers internationally. Unafraid to delve into heavy lyrical subject material and impressed by the passionate artistry that Chester Bennington delivered to Linkin Park, what sits on the band’s core is a message of hope, echoed all through their newest album, ‘Reflections’. 

A file that delves into particular moments inside every of the band member’s lives, to have fun its launch vocalist Matt Flood and drummer James Lazenby discuss Rock Sound by means of ten lyrics which have outlined Caskets journey up to now.

“Once you suppose you’re not sufficient // You don’t slot in”, ‘Higher Manner Out’ – ‘Reflections’ (2023)

James: “This lyric is about feeling such as you’re not becoming in with a gaggle of individuals. I feel it’s actually relatable for lots of the individuals who hearken to our kind of music, since you get plenty of individuals calling you names and saying you’re a ‘mosher’. Going by means of highschool, I used to be a type of moshers. I feel it’s good to listen to one other band sing about the best way you’re feeling, as a result of you could not realise it on the time, however a number of different individuals really feel the identical approach.” 

“Hope’s only a ladder // And you may make it to the highest // Simply consider in your potential // Let your head consider your coronary heart”, ‘Hopes & Goals’ – ‘Misplaced Souls’ (2021)

Matt: “It’s about not letting issues get to you. I struggled so much with melancholy after I was writing that track, and I wrote it as a kick up the arse to myself. I see life as a kind of ladder, and every step is a distinct section of life. So long as you may hold taking the following step up and making it into the following section, you should be doing one thing proper. It’s a message to consider in your self and to consider within the steps you’re taking to get to the place you need to be.”

James: “That was a track that Matt wrote fully by himself, and I keep in mind when he first confirmed it to us. Matt, Benji [Wilson, guitar], myself, and our producer Dan [Weller] have been within the room, and Benji and I simply teared up immediately. It was so good. I’ll always remember the emotion Matt put into that track after we have been recording it.” 

Matt: “By means of the method of making our new album we’ve learnt to open up a extra weak dialogue with one another. ‘Misplaced Souls’ was the primary album we made collectively, so it took time for that to construct, however I feel this track was the place I first started discovering that.”

“I really feel the nostalgia seeping from these partitions”, ‘The Closing Say’ – ‘Misplaced Souls’ (2021)

Matt: “That is my favorite line from our first album as a result of it says a lot in a single sentence. The track itself is a few relationship between a father and his son, and it’s taken from the son’s perspective after the daddy has both disappeared or died. That is the primary line of the track, and it units the tone for the place it goes. The nostalgia of the whole lot you undergo once you’re a child, whether or not they’re good or dangerous experiences, stays with you. Later in life, a odor, a thought, or a sense can come again once you least count on it. I feel it’s most likely the most effective intro line I’ve ever written.”

“It’s like a combat for me to breathe day-after-day // However I’m okay”, ‘Extra Than Distress’ – ‘Reflections’ (2023)

James: “It’s arduous once you’re going by means of a foul interval of life. You’ve received to grasp that, despite the fact that you’re feeling as down as you’re, it’s like being on a curler coaster. You will get by means of it, you’re going to have these excessive factors once more, and also you’ve received your mates to assist you. Despite the fact that it’s fairly unimaginable to see that once you’re in these moments, when you settle for that you’re going to get by means of that interval of life, it’s so much simpler. That’s a message that folks want to listen to in our songs. As deep as a few of our lyrics are, it’s not a message of melancholy that we’re spreading, we’re spreading the truth that there may be hope.”

Matt: “There are individuals on the earth – particularly youthful individuals – who’re looking for their approach in life proper now. They want an outlet to really feel like they’re understood, identical to I did after I was a child. After I was a child, I wanted somebody to grasp what I used to be going by means of, and I would like our band to be an outlet for all of these individuals.”

“I’ve seen all of the faces of your masquerade”, ‘Maintain Me Now’ – ‘Misplaced Souls’ (2021)

James: “I really wrote among the lyrics for this track, so it’s fairly near my coronary heart. For me personally, it’s about individuals with cut up feelings who can say one factor but imply one other. I feel that’s one thing that folks can relate to now, and there appear to be much more individuals getting identified with BPD and issues like that. I feel it’s necessary to indicate that folks realise what it’s like, and that you may get by means of that so long as you get to know every of these particular person personalities.”

Matt: “For me, it’s about these moments once you’re in an argument with somebody that you simply love. You’re most likely arguing about one thing petty, and all you need is for them to seize you and maintain you, however you’re each so cussed that you simply’re nonetheless hours away from that second. It’s this love/hate relationship that everybody has with these round them. You primarily argue with the individuals that you simply love probably the most, however all you need is to be held and to really feel understood. In an argument there’s usually a stubbornness, a selfishness, and a conceit, however they’re all simply totally different faces that cowl a should be heard.”

“I do know in the future I’ll discover a option to separate myself from you all the time”, ‘Silhouettes’ – ‘Reflections’ (2023)

Matt: “I was in a band referred to as Silhouettes round 5 years earlier than Caskets began. This track was written as if I used to be myself in entrance of a mirror and singing to myself. It’s about me attempting to get to that subsequent stage in my life, and typically you need to let go of sure issues and sure individuals with a view to get there. Different occasions, the issues that it is advisable to let go of are literally elements of your self. As we grow old, we realise how narcissistic we’re, or how useless we’re, so it’s about letting go of these dangerous traits which might be inside you.”

“Brilliant lights fading, it received’t be lengthy earlier than they’re gone”, ‘Drowned in Emotion’ – ‘Misplaced Souls’ (2021)

James: “The place that we’re in as a band could be very alien to us. We undoubtedly have a little bit of imposter syndrome, and with how shortly the band has progressed it feels prefer it might slip away at any second. This lyric is about attempting to take advantage of out of the band and the experiences now we have. The remainder of the track talks about stage fright as properly as a result of most of us get actually anxious when going up on stage. This track is absolutely an outlet for all of the conflicting methods we really feel on this band.”

Matt: “On daily basis is one other step into the unknown, so that you’ve all the time received to just be sure you’ve carried out the whole lot you may presumably do. There are millions of individuals who would chew their very own arm off to be within the place that we’re in proper now, and I perceive that as a result of after I was a child, I dreamed of being the place I’m now. I spent all of my twenties attempting to get there and I’d nearly given up, then this band occurred. You’ve received to maintain going, and you need to consider in what you’re doing. If there’s one thing totally different about you, individuals will take discover, you’ve simply received to consider in your self.”

“I’d like to depart the struggling with the hatred and all its grief”, ‘By The Sound’ – ‘Reflections’ (2023)

Matt: “This track is about acknowledging grief or ache that you simply’ve triggered another person, hoping that they will see previous it and never choose you for what you’ve carried out. You might be in a relationship and have this whole sense of belief, however then one thing dangerous can occur on both aspect. It may not have been carried out with any malicious intent, however even when you didn’t got down to harm somebody, typically it nonetheless does. That may create borders between you, with out you even realising it.

There are occasions when you’ve gotten triggered somebody ache, and then you definitely ask them to depart that to the aspect and stick with it within the relationship. Typically, individuals say that they will try this, nevertheless it’ll all the time be there niggling at the back of their head. This lyric is concerning the realities of placing each dangerous emotion in a field and locking it away, as a result of these issues create half of who you’re.”

“So if I offered myself a lie // Would you be my guiding mild?”, ‘Guiding Gentle’ – ‘Reflections’ (2023)

Matt: “This lyric is about having somebody there so that you can fall again on if ever something goes incorrect. With me pursuing a profession in music, I might be promoting myself a lie. It might all come crashing down on me, however I’ve wonderful family and friends to fall again on. I do know I can try to go for this dream as a result of if it goes tits up, I’m not simply going to be alone with everybody laughing at me saying, ‘I informed you so’. These individuals love me and so they’re gonna decide me up, kick me up the arse, and inform me to go once more.”

“If I learn between the traces // Replay the whole lot inside my head // Break free from the whole lot you stated”, ‘Nothing to Cover’ – ‘Misplaced Souls’ (2021)

James: “In the event you undergo a breakup, you’ve received to grasp that it wasn’t all good. You’ve received to take a look at the dangerous factors in that relationship, and they’ll show you how to recover from it. You’ve received to learn between the traces, you’ve received to consider what they stated to you and what they really meant. It’s about believing in your self and saying, ‘This wasn’t proper for me. I can transfer on and do one thing higher’.”

Matt: “Discovering the power to place your foot down and transfer on might be very tough. Particularly in abusive relationships, mustering up the braveness to even try to depart can take a number of makes an attempt, however once you lastly get away it begins the journey to happiness.”

‘Reflections’ is out on August 11 by way of SharpTone Data.