![]() And I mean, that’s something that I really like. And I think comparing it to our other album, it is a step further, I don’t know in which direction, but a lot of people are saying, “Yeah, it’s Sick of it All, but it’s a fresher Sick of it All, it’s like a fresh version of us. ![]() And that’s where we started at, and it just grew to this. And I think it’s more personal that way, that all four of us really contributed lyrically and musically on this one. And our mind’s approach was to use the band’s sense of humor that we have, like when he wrote the song “Hardcore Horseshoe” or even just the title of “Beef Between Vegans.” You know, it’s just a tongue-in-cheek thing. We all agreed that we just wanted to write something that we enjoy, music that we enjoy instead of, like, some people, they would be like, “Oh, well, what’s the trend? Let’s go more metallic. Well, when we sat down, and were getting ready to write the record. How would you compare the new record to your prior efforts? I mean, the other way to do it is just to ignore all of it, put your head in the sand, but that’s not going to help anyone. And then, you’re better able to deal with it. It’s like I said with “Inner Vision,” you find your center, you find your focus. It’s like, yeah, again there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world that you might find overwhelming, and all that, and the easiest thing to do is to shut yourself off to it. I have to say it’s a theme that has run on and off through our whole career, and I think it’s time again. It’s not just one theme, we touch on a bunch of things, but I think the overall theme is in the title,”Wake the Sleeping Dragon.” What is the overall theme of the new album? And to be better able to deal with it, he focuses on calming himself, and just making sure that he’s better able to deal with the outside world. He knows that these things are going to go on, they’re going to happen. And his whole concept was finding pieces of himself. And he was saying that’s how he deals with, you know, the more you see the evils that are going on in the world, and you get frustrated about, why aren’t things being done about it, and in fact you’ll go crazy the more you delve into this stuff. And it’s like, Craig wrote the lyrics, Craig our bass player, he wrote it. ”Inner Vision,” now, is trying to move on further in life, and it’s trying to find peace within yourself. I used to deal with things, but you know, sometimes I still do, getting very frustrated and breaking things, you know? You know, everybody has their own way of dealing with things. Would you be able to elaborate on that mentality? The song “Inner Vision” goes into this subject saying how it is up to one’s mind to find peace in the situation. People struggle with maintaining a positive attitude despite situations they cannot control, which could be anything from politics to relationships. We spoke to frontman Lou Koller on their latest effort, their 30+ year career, how they booked two shows with Life of Agony, and more. This Friday (2nd), New York hardcore legends Sick of It All’s new album Wake The Sleeping Dragon will arrive via Fat Wreck Chords (pre-order here ).
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