THE CASUALTIES, THE DROWNS

THE CASUALTIES
Politics. Hatred. Endless war. We doomscroll as our rights are stripped away. Bombings.
Kidnappings. Mass shootings. The nightly news is a litany of brutality. Assassination.
Subjugation. Deportation. We argue with each other while the rich get richer and cruelty
is normalized. These are just a few of the reasons why the title of The Casualties’ new
album is Detonate.
“It stems from being overloaded,” drummer Marc “Meggers” Eggers says. “You feel like
your head is about to explode, which I think is what everybody is feeling these days.
You’re pounced on day by day with terrible news and social media, and you just feel like
you’re going to snap.”
“Not too long ago, we were stuck in COVID,” guitarist Jake Kolatis adds. “Now we’re
trying to get back to normal life, and the world has gone crazy. There are continuous
wars and internal political battles here. Everybody’s tearing each other apart. Detonate
is saying we’re tired of all this division. With this record, we have a… [read more]