Like most of their peers in the contemporary metal scene, Endless, Nameless exist as an act of resistance. Their debut full-length Living Without is an externalization of heavy personal themes made extremely public by conservative lawmakers, with vocalist Elle Reynolds’ belted lyrics matching the furious, lurching mathcore of the band. “Being a trans person, it feels like my personal identity is violently and forcibly made political,” Reynolds shares. “So a lot of the album touches on that and intentionally blends those two categories.”
The second single from the record arrives today in the form of the eerie dirge “Remembrance,” which opens with Reynolds reciting lyrics adapted from a poem they wrote upon learning of the death of one of their abusers in a drunk driving accident. “It was such a weird, guilty, bittersweet feeling of relief that I didn’t want to be feeling, because who the hell wants to feel remotely good about someone dying in that way, right?” Reynolds shares. “The song ends up touching on the complicated feelings I have around most of the people who hurt me, and how trauma informs your relationship to so many things in life.”
Check out the psychedelic-nightmare visual for the track below. You can pre-order the record on vinyl here, and digitally here.
