Bleak Soul released their latest single, “Mundane USA,” and it’s a whirlwind adventure of attitude.
With the announcement of their sophomore album, Shouting With Nothing To Say, set to release in March 2022, Benjamin Langford-Biss’ (formally of As It Is) latest project, Bleak Soul’s new release is very quickly becoming a live favorite, even in the eyes of Will Gould of Creeper. About Will’s fandom, Langford-Biss stated, “After seeing the song live, Will Gould said how much he loved that version, so it really helped make my mind up about changing it.”
Discussing the song itself, Bleak Soul continues, “Mundane, USA is easily the loudest song on a mostly quiet, somber, and subtle record. It’s a song about a lot of things; in hindsight, my drinking habits when I was on tour with As It Is weren’t great, and it was definitely something I used to cope with the cyclic nature of touring. I was so burned out by it that every city blurred into one. I never felt like I could complain about it, though, because I was getting to live a life many only get to dream of, and it felt selfish and ungrateful to ever moan.
“As much as we always promoted talking about your mental health, sometimes we didn’t heed our own advice and often felt isolated with massive imposter syndrome. So this is me venting with that 20/20 vision on things. I started writing it in the drab waiting room when I did jury service—I never ended up getting assigned to a trial, so every day for over a week, I sat pointlessly in the same room, and that mundanity is what sparked the song and the theme.”
