Post-hardcore quartet Everyday Sidekicks have released their latest single – Bury Your Friends – with an accompanying music video which can be viewed here. Vocalist Archie Hatfield reveals the powerful message behind the track: ‘This song goes out to anyone who is struggling with a mental illness like depression.
You’re not alone, talk to someone. It is a song about one of my closet friends who recently lost his battle with depression and took his own life.
It’s about the pressure of growing up and how it can affect your mental state and how we are repeatedly forced to decide where we want to be in life when realistically we don’t have to.’
Bury Your Friends features on the band’s recently released sophomore Hope, available here. Hatfield comments on the title and overarching theme of the record: ‘Hope to us is a hugely important factor in life. You constantly have obstacles thrown at you that you need to overcome, times change and sometimes it’s not always good things that come your way. Without Hope for things to get better, life can get on top of you.’