Nevertel information us by way of the creation of their newest album, ‘Begin Once more’, out September 12 through Epitaph Information.
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Once they started making music collectively beneath the identify Dwelling Fiction simply over a decade in the past, the three members of Nevertel solely dreamed of standing the place they’re at this time. A trio of childhood associates from Florida, days spent hanging out, enjoying video video games, and dealing on music concepts collectively have grown into one thing totally life altering – however that was by no means their intention.
Toying round with the chances posed by social media, they unknowingly struck gold in 2023 when a video of a rehearsal of their cupboard space went viral on TikTok. The hypnotic pop, R’n’B, rap and steel infusion of 2021 album ‘Every little thing In My Thoughts’ taking the scene by storm, skyrocketing the band onto nationwide radio and capturing the eye of file labels, since discovering their viewers they’ve been unstoppable.
“It created far more hype than we thought it could,” displays Raul Lopez, pondering again to the unexpectedly enormous response.
“After you write an album, you don’t actually take into consideration writing one other album right away, however we had a bunch of singles able to go. Throughout that point, we had a session in Memphis with David Cowell. We wrote ‘Felony’ there, and instantly all of these different songs we’d written between 2022 and 2025 made sense. We bought this tunnel imaginative and prescient, we dialled in, and we created a file we couldn’t be prouder of.”
Nevertel know that now’s their second, and with ‘Begin Once more’ they’re grabbing it firmly between each palms. Written with no stress or limitations, leaning deeper into their creativity than ever earlier than, they’re making no secret of their ambition right here. Songs made to fill out arenas, to be labelled as ‘rock classics’ for generations to return, it’s the product of a band properly conscious that the entire world is theirs for the taking. The soundtrack to a triumphant rebirth fuelled by honesty, vulnerability and a shared unwavering perception in what they’ve constructed, Nevertel welcome you to ‘Begin Once more’
THE SOUND
The items of the puzzle slotting into place as soon as ‘Felony’ was written, a imaginative and prescient that had appeared summary instantly felt firmly anchored. The subsequent chapter of their band pushed by the joy nonetheless buzzing by way of them after their debut tour supporting Beartooth, the purpose turned to create an album overflowing with power.
“Our final file had heavier elements, nevertheless it was additionally very chill, spacey and ambient. With the newer stuff, we wished much more hype,” explains vocalist Jeremy Michael.
“We wish folks to have one thing to maneuver to at our reveals, one thing to get the group going. ‘Felony’ turned the blueprint for that feeling, and every part after that needed to match inside that. It’s about making music that’s timeless, and we pushed ourselves to make issues that felt bigger than life and extra sincere than we had been used to.”
That spirit binds each single observe on ‘Begin Once more’, from the metallic riffs and hovering refrain of ‘Beginning Over’ to the blistering nostalgia of pumped-up anthem ‘ICON’. Recorded in varied areas together with Raul’s residence in Tampa, Memphis, Los Angeles, and even from a home in Australia, every observe has its personal distinct character, its personal quirks, and its personal important position to serve within the album’s story. An absolute ‘all killer, no filler’ effort, it’s an announcement that they’re able to tackle no matter lies forward.
“You want the sensation of that child within the basement, as a result of that’s what evokes you to attempt new issues and mess around with music, however we’re pondering larger now too,” Jeremy nods.
“We need to play arenas,” Raul bluntly provides.
“After I modified my studio rig right into a cellular one, it immediately began to grow to be enjoyable once more. We had been in numerous environments, working with totally different folks, and that introduced new concepts. Being in California and seeing the palms, the mountains, disconnecting from every part… We had been targeted on getting up day by day and writing nice songs. It was such a breath of recent air.”
“We’re nonetheless doing this in a house studio, however we wished to current it in a much bigger method. It’s about tapping into that inside child in us, writing songs that I’d freak out about if I heard them after I was 14 years outdated enjoying Halo. We wished to create an enormous rock album that we will take heed to in ten years’ time and say, ‘Rattling, I’m happy with this’.”
THE LYRICS
Mates since highschool, every member of Nevertel thought there was little they didn’t find out about their bandmates, however sharing a tour bus for weeks on finish can change that. Dwelling with each other for the primary time, spending nearly each hour of the day in one another’s firm, with each inside joke and petty argument their brotherhood strengthened. That unbreakable basis is what sits on the coronary heart of ‘Begin Once more’.
“We began to speak about issues that beforehand we might have saved inside,” Raul says.
“We opened up extra, and we talked about what was occurring at residence. We had these arduous conversations about life, and we didn’t shrink back from them. It made our bond even stronger as grown males. We’d at all times been nice associates as children, however if you’re coping with extra severe points, it will get more durable to speak about. Having these conversations and placing these into this file actually helped.”
Permitting the trio to delve deeper than ever earlier than, the songs on ‘Begin Once more’ replicate on every part from private failures and trauma to their shared childhood and the triumphs they’ve skilled at each other’s facet. Inspired by their collaborators to let their conversations naturally paved the way to the music, the result’s 13 songs that unashamedly bask of their vulnerability, reminding us that it’s okay to really feel each emotion that comes our method.
“We had by no means written music in that method earlier than. We’d at all times began with an instrumental, after which thought of what that sound felt like,” Jeremy explains.
“Fascinated with every music as a dialog led to us speaking about various things and coping with extra mature themes. This file is a brand new chapter of vulnerability, and we’re attempting to push ourselves to remain true to who we’re. Our hope is that by doing it that method, we is usually a band that even somebody who doesn’t like rock may get pleasure from. We need to bridge that hole between rock and hip-hop, just like the bands that we grew up listening to did. If we had been children discovering our first rock band, that is the sensation we’d need it to have.”
THE COLLABORATORS
Previous to ‘Begin Once more’, Nevertel labored solely as a unit of three. Inviting exterior influences into the method for the primary time, it offered a studying curve, but additionally a possibility for recent perspective. Teaming up with songwriter and producer Gianni Taylor – who just lately labored with Carry Me The Horizon – he helped ease their transition from a wholly DIY method to a collaborative drive to be reckoned with.
“That man is an angel,” Raul smiles.
“He’s at all times all the way down to do no matter, and he’s an important vibe. We typically get in our heads with songs, and it will get to the purpose the place we don’t even know if it’s good anymore. Gianni would make the temper nice once more in these moments. We’d go exterior, hang around collectively, then come again and write a banger. He’s so gifted, and it’s an honour to work with him.”
“It felt like having one other pal we had recognized since highschool,” Jeremy provides.
“He match so completely into our group, and the melodies he would write and the lyrics he would provide you with had been all issues we might have considered. We had been on the very same wavelength.”
With the file’s mixing accomplished by Dan Lancaster (Don Broco, One OK Rock, Blink-182) and mastering dealt with by Ted Jensen (Inexperienced Day, GHOST, Spiritbox), it’s honest to say that the songs on ‘Begin Once more’ had been in very succesful palms from starting to finish. Working solely with creatives who matched their power and understood their imaginative and prescient, it is smart that labelmates Sleep Concept additionally performed an element. A friendship blossoming between the 2 bands while hyping one another up on TikTok, they knew that they wanted to get vocalist Cullen Moore concerned one way or the other.
“We did some Airbnb periods in California the place Cullen was in a position to come and go to us. With Raul’s cellular studio, we had been in a position to demo some music concepts to see what it could sound like if he was singing on it,” guitarist Alec Davis explains.
“We had two or three totally different concepts, however we ended up not utilizing them. After we bought again residence, we sat down to jot down once more, and I bear in mind listening to the ending of ‘Did It All’. The way in which that it ends feels like the beginning of one other music, and I’ve at all times wished to do a transition like that. Proper from the get-go, I had the primary riff for ‘Break The Silence’. The sunshine bulbs got here on, and we realised this was the one which we would have liked Cullen on. It got here collectively so rapidly, and attending to play it reside throughout their set on tour was such a second.”
THE TITLE
Through the course of, there have been a couple of potential album titles tossed round. Trying to find one thing that completely encapsulated this period of their band, ‘Felony’ and ‘Beginning Over’ had been contenders at factors, however every part clicked when the trio listened again to a sluggish ballad observe they’d written in 2023. That very same observe now serving because the album’s prelude, the phrase ‘Begin Once more’ felt prefer it had been staring them within the face the entire time.
“It’s a file about second possibilities, beginning new, and reinventing your self. Irrespective of the place you’re at in life, you can begin once more and make one thing higher out of a horrible scenario,” Jeremy explains.
“We’ve gone by way of rather a lot in our private lives while scripting this album, and in so some ways, it felt like our lives had been ending. Main chapters in our life had been closing, and it felt very darkish for a very long time. What an exquisite concept it’s to know that it doesn’t matter what’s occurred, you may at all times begin once more.”
Beginning over not simply of their private lives, however as musicians, these two phrases communicate volumes about the place Nevertel discover themselves proper now. Now not an impartial web undertaking, however a band with a powerful group behind them, enjoying reveals and taking up the world, it marks an important turning level.
“We’ve at all times had that camaraderie between us, however we’ve needed to learn to run a enterprise collectively and how one can reside collectively successfully,” Jeremy continues.
“We’re hitting the reset button on so many issues, and it’s the right timing for this file. Every little thing in our lives has added as much as this, and this file tells an exquisite story about how it doesn’t matter what you lose… There’s at all times hope.”
THE FUTURE
Build up a good quantity of buzz over the previous few years, Nevertel are absolutely conscious of what number of eyes are on them proper now. Studying to tune out the noise and pay much less consideration to the opinions of others, with ‘Begin Once more’ their confidence in their very own talents has grown, however their egos are absolutely in examine. Absolutely targeted on making nice music, discovering their folks, and taking these songs to the most important levels potential – the trio have their sights set on following their goals.
“I hope these songs can’t solely validate what individuals are going by way of, however can remind them that it’s not the tip,” Jeremy finishes,
“No matter you’re going by way of, another person has been there earlier than, they usually’ve made it out the opposite facet. We poured ourselves into these songs, so I hope others can discover items of themselves in them too.”
“On the similar time although, I need somebody to listen to songs like ‘Break The Silence’ and suppose, ‘I need to be taught that riff’. At one level, all of us heard a music and thought, ‘I need to play that’, and finally that’s how we bought right here. I’d love for folks to have that second with our music.”
