Dream State announce new EP ‘Untethered’

December 11, 2022 James Weaver

DREAM STATE have announced a new EP!

Titled Untethered, the upcoming EP from the post-hardcore band marks their first studio release since 2019’s Primrose Path, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via UNFD. The new EP marks the first release to feature the new lineup of the band.

Speaking about the lineup change, founding member/guitarist Aled Evans says, “when CJ and Rhys left the band last November, I was left with a very difficult choice – rebuild the band or start something new. Ever since its inception, I’ve been the backbone of DREAM STATE. I was the main songwriter and I had given so much time of my life and sacrificed so much for this band, and I didn’t want all of that to go to waste. Tom (drums) had actually joined the band before CJ and Rhys left, and was working behind the scenes with us on new music. We were also auditioning Jake to be bassist at the time as well as we were planning on becoming a five-piece.

We didn’t announce CJ and Rhys’ departure straight away as we were trying to find a new singer behind the scenes. CJ set the bar very high so it became a mammoth task to find a singer who would fit the band. We then found Jessie who was the perfect fit for the band. We knew that keeping the band going would be met with mixed reactions, but we’re doing this to keep the music alive, for ourselves, and for the fans out there who still want to see the music live and hear new music. We understand that it won’t be for everyone and that’s ok, but at least the choice is still there for the fans.”

Speaking about the new EP, Aled says, “the luxury of doing an EP is that it’s a much quicker process to release new music when compared to doing an album. Whilst there inevitably will be an album down the line, for now we just want to get as much new music out there as possible, without fans having to wait for as long as they already have. An EP also gives us a bit more freedom to experiment with new sounds and direction that we haven’t tried before. Whilst we’ve played around with electronic elements on the album Primrose Path, those were subtle whilst on this EP they have become a much more prominent feature and feel like a natural progression and evolution from previous songs.”

Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming EP; Comfort In Chaos. The new song is the second single to be released from the upcoming EP, following on from Taunt Me which was released last month.

Speaking about the new single, vocalist Jessie Powell says, “Comfort In Chaos is about feeling the need for constant reassurance from the closest people around you and your loved ones, but by being so needy & insecure it would push those people away. It’s about not knowing how to break the cycle of helplessly looking for issues, triggered by a traumatic response.”

Watch the official music video for Comfort In Chaos here: