InsideOut teen prodigy band, Next To None, are a week away from the release of their debut album 'A Light in the Dark' on June 29th, 2015. In advance of the album's release, the band are pleased to reveal a lyric video for the album's closing epic track, "Blood on my Hands."
Vocalist/keyboardist Thomas Cuce had this to say about "Blood On My Hands":
"At the time [I wrote the lyrics]it seemed like every day there was a different person going crazy somewhere and shooting up a building or whatever, and I would ask my self 'Why does this keep happening? What was that person thinking? What led them to do this?' So I tried to put myself in this person's head. I created a character and started from the aftermath of the event, which is where we first hear about it in the news." Of the song's extended arrangement, he says, "It took us months to write this song and then months to learn it. We had a big dry erase board that we used to chart out all the parts with the time signatures until we had them memorized."
You can see the lyric video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qFfHWrXyMk
You can also listen to a stream of the track 'You Are Not Me' here:
https://soundcloud.com/officialinsideoutmusic/next-to-none-you-are-not-me/s-rVJzu
Check out Next To None's EPK video here:
https://youtu.be/fCoZoC_WD74
Pre-orders for the album have started, and you can pick up your copy of the record from the Radiant Records link below:
https://tinyurl.com/mua9j9b
Based in Pennsylvania, Next To None features Max Portnoy on drums, Ryland Holland on guitar, Kris Rank on bass, and Thomas Cuce on keyboards and lead vocals. The band have been honing their craft for several years, recording a self-released EP and playing various live gigs, including a slot at the Progressive Nation At Sea 2014 cruise. Later that year, the band went into the studio to record their debut album. At the ripe young ages of 15 and 16, they emerged with an album they and producer Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Flying Colors, ex-Dream Theater) are extremely proud of.
'A Light in the Dark' also features guest appearances on the track "A Lonely Walk" from Bumblefoot on guitar (Guns N Roses) and Prog legend Neal Morse on Mellotron.
'A Light in the Dark' tracklist:
1. The Edge Of Sanity
2. You Are Not Me
3. Runaway
4. A Lonely Walk
5. Control
6. Lost
7. Social Anxiety
8. Legacy
9. Blood On My Hands
Digital-only bonus tracks:
10. Fortune Cookie
11. Deafening
Next To None online:
www.nexttonone.net
www.facebook.com/NextToNoneband
INSIDEOUTMUSIC online:
www.insideoutmusic.com
www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV
www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic
www.twitter.com/InsideOutUSA
