Nothin More 's Daniel Oliver guides us track by track through the band’s new album ‘Carnal’, out now via Better Noise Music. HOUSE ON SAND “When we started working on ‘House On Sand’ I had no idea how explosive the song would end up. Truthfully, it wasn’t my favorite right out of the gate; I thought that the chorus might be too melodic and the lyrics too soft for how heavy the riff and verse were.
The weirdest thing about that is what fixed the chorus for me was making everything around it even heavier. It reminds me of when fire fighters burn the forest around the forest fire on purpose. I guess sometimes you just need more fire.
This song for me celebrates the fact that no matter how bad things can get, there is always forgiveness and a way to start fresh. We all have foolish ideas that affect our way of thinking and our way of life and you just gotta realize it, burn it down and move on. Growing up as a church kid, it was cool to get to use an old Bible metaphor as well as the backbone of the chorus.
We became friends with the cast and crew from I Prevail last summer while we were playing the Euro festival circuit, and were over the moon when vocalist Eric V. took interest in being featured on ‘House On Sand’. He took the song over the top for sure.
” IF IT DOESN’T HURT “Prior to the ‘Carnal’ record, most anything that you would have heard from the band would have been a self-produced, from-our-home studio recording. But it was time to switch it .