Last month, Welsh post-hardcore group Casey revealed details of their third album, ‘How To Disappear‘. Today they’ve shared a third track from the record – ‘Bite Through My Tongue’.
The single rides on dense instrumentation with a radiant chorus, highlighting Casey‘s melodic abilities whilst maintaining their emotional/post-hardcore centre.
As vocalist Tom Weaver explains, ‘Bite Through My Tongue’ is one of several songs on ‘How To Disappear‘ influenced by a recent split. “There are a handful of songs on How To Disappear that stem from the breakdown of my most recent relationship. This is the first on the record to touch on that, and it deals broadly with the extreme apathy and self-destructiveness that arises during a depressive episode; and how that impacts those closest to you,” Weaver stated.
“Often, when experiencing an episode of depression, my first reaction is generally to dissociate and distance myself from the world. That’s far easier to do when living alone; but when cohabiting (and particularly while isolating during the pandemic), it meant my partner would be subject to this level of apathy that felt impermeable to physical nor emotional pain. A type of numbness that would completely detach me from the reality of my life.
“This song is definitely an embellishment of those experiences; and doesn’t discuss the situation from a single perspective. It floats between the apathetic and the empath.”
”How to Disappear’ will be released on January 12th 2024 through Hassle Records and Greyscale Records.
When is Casey touring the UK?
As previously announced, Casey will be playing a short run of UK shows in the Spring of 2024. The run will also include European dates as part of the Impericon Festival.
March
26th Islington Academy, London
April
11th Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
12th SWX, Bristol
13th Academy 2, Manchester
14th Garage, Glasgow
‘Bite Through My Tongue’ Lyrics
Another year around the sun in search of
Anything to pacify the numbing belief
That irrespective of how our time was spent
Or what solace we were graced by friends
It all amounted to nothing in the end.
You’d always watch me as I’d ideate
Diazepam and dulling ache
Open eyed, I stare at the mirror and drive my teeth straight through my tongue
It’s so terrifying knowing that one day your life will be forgotten
In the spaces between my discomfort and grief
I had nothing to offer to help you to sleep
No question ever conjured up enough detail to reconstruct
The trust that you felt I had broken; shallow cuts for doubt to soak in.
Now I don’t think of you in apathy (You’d always watch me as I’d ideate)
Now I don’t think of you in apathy.Now I don’t think of you in apathy (Diazepam and dulling ache)
I don’t think of you at all.
Open eyed, I stare at the mirror and drive my teeth straight through my tongue
It’s so terrifying knowing that one day your life will be forgotten
And I can’t help but feel like I’m to blame,
But if it hurt that much then why did you stay?
In the spaces between my discomfort and grief, I had nothing to offer to help your sleep
Surrender to bed, silk scarves at the wrists. An apostle for malediction.
Yarn for the tapestry, woven in anger. Rage for the sake of it, stuck on repeat.
No heaven ever equal to your skin, but no Hell like the wrath that lay beneath.
Open eyed, I stare at the mirror and drive my teeth straight through my tongue
It’s so terrifying knowing that one day your life will be forgotten
You’ll be forgotten.
But if it hurt so much then why did you stay?
But if it hurt so much then why did you stay?
