On today's edition of Flashback Fridays, the 21st installment if my math is correct, I wanted to highlight a record from 2020.
Last year. A crazy year for so many. The pandemic year.
But there were some silver linings that came along with the year 2020, and one of them is the fact that a lot of fantastic music was released in the year 2020.
There were so many great releases from the year, that it honestly was difficult choosing an album to highlight. A good problem to have I suppose.
The album that I chose is an album by the band Be Well.
Be Well is an American hardcore punk band, formed in 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland. The group was formed by members of various bands including Bane, Only Crime, Darkest Hour, Fairweather, Ashes, Battery, Olympia, Beasts of No Nation, and Converge.[1] The group signed to Equal Vision Records in December 2019[2] and released its debut album, The Weight and the Cost, through the label in August 2020.
The singer is the legendary Brian McTernan. Brian is also a record producer. McTernan operates a studio called Salad Days in Baltimore, named after the Minor Threat song of the same name, and has produced albums for a number of notable artists, including Thrice, Circa Survive, Turnstile, and Hot Water Music.
The lyrics on this Be Well record are phenomenal. Raw, brutal, and honest. I love this record. I can't wait to hear their next record.
