I’m keen to hear the response from our fanbase to see if they like it as much as we do. We employed the help of Bernie Wedrat for mixing and his mix really blew us away. What was the most rewarding? Hearing the finished product. Writing in the third person is a challenge for me and also writing from the perspective of a female is something new to me.ħ. Also, I don’t often write songs from another person’s perspective. It’s just a journey that goes from start to finish.
What was the most challenging part of working on this song? Trying to write a cool song that has no chorus, no verses and no bridge. It’s certainly not the best way to approach songwriting but I think we really had to push ourselves to try and make the song work when we’ve never actually played it together as a band.Ħ. Our band members live all over the country so during COVID we’ve had to write demos in our home studios and email them to each other. Was there any part of the process that you approached differently when putting this track together? The whole thing was different. I’ve never written a song like this before, so it was a huge challenge to try and make a six-minute song interesting the whole way through.ĥ. The final product is the outcome of many hours of discussion, rewrites, and fine tuning.
Was the structure something you guys planned / considered or did it just happen as the writing / recording process went on? As I mentioned it was more of an accident that turned into something intentional. You guys have put together a pretty intense narrative throughout the whole track. The structure in this song is different to anything I’ve heard before. The fans will decide ultimately whether we’ve succeeded or not but for now I’m pretty happy with how that sounds.Ĥ. I was inspired by other long punk songs like NOFX’s ‘The Decline’ and Green Day’s ‘Jesus of Suburbia.’ Those songs have such an epic build, and I was hoping to achieve that sort of crescendo. What’s your favorite line in the song and what does it mean? What was the thought process around it? I’m a big fan of the last part, the build and release of the final chapter of the song. This is just a small thing that we can do to contribute to the conversation about mental health.ģ. We’re hoping that listeners might hear some of their own story in the story and find comfort in the fact that they’re not alone. It seemed right to release the song on R U OK? day as the song is about a girl who is definitely NOT ok. As we were getting ready release the song a friend of mine mentioned that R U OK? day was coming up. Did you guys work on the song knowing it would come out around R U OK? day or was that something you realized later in the process? Was it intentional? No, it wasn’t our initial intention. We combined our experiences and laid them on the back of Destiny.Ģ. Both Alistair and I have experienced existential anxiety and we thought it would be cool if we wrote about that.
I spent some time writing lyrics and the character of Destiny came to me. We both decided that maybe we should just make it one song and see what happens. He sent it to me and asked if I could use any of them. The song came about when Alistair (bass) wrote a bunch of riffs and put them together. We’ve written part 2, and part 3 is in the works. All this weight is beginning to take its toll and she’s using various methods to try and cope (partying, taking drugs, reckless behavior, etc.) but it’s not always going to be that way. She’s wondering why she exists and how she’s supposed to approach life. What’s “Destiny” about? How did it come about? Destiny is about a girl (Destiny… duh) who’s carrying the weight of the world.
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