MISS MAY I have released "Death Threat", the latest single from "No Place For Me", the album due October 2 via Solid State Records.
The video was made entirely in-house. Vocalist Levi Benton came up with the concept, William Story produced and directed, and the whole thing was shot on the band's own properties using whatever the members could get their hands on.
The song is about having your worst tendencies turned into a weapon against you. "'Death Threat' is about being held in an emotional chokehold while someone uses your own flaws against you," Benton said. "Our darker habits deserve to be seen and worked through, not weaponized. The song walks through that worst-case scenario — someone turning your darkness on you — before landing on clarity; finally hearing what needs to be heard and doing what needs to be done." Musically it stays anthemic and groove-centric while it does so.
The album took roughly two years, in part because this is a changed band. Founding guitarists B.J. Stead and Justin Aufdemkampe left in 2024, and Elisha Mullins — initially a fill-in — joined permanently in their place. Benton has been candid about how that felt: "it was sort of traumatizing to us, 'cause, obviously, we didn't want the original lineup to change. So that whole thing was just sort of a mess. And Elisha was amazing."
The band have also thrown out the standard rollout. Rather than a pre-order and a couple of videos, they have released singles steadily and given each song its own push. "Since we've worked so hard on it, we're gonna really try to make each song special," Benton said, adding that earlier single "Pray For Silence" is "as light as the album gets."
Benton describes the record itself as a reckoning. "'No Place For Me' is everything I've felt for a long time but never had the words for. Writing it taught me who I actually am even when that hurt to look at. It's a full journey: Where it started, what I discovered, and where I am today."
It is the follow-up to 2022's "Curse Of Existence". The lineup is Benton, drummer Jerod Boyd, bassist Ryan Neff and Mullins on guitar.
"No Place For Me" track listing:
- Sanctuary
- Portrait Of Pain
- Hand Me A Halo
- Pray For Silence
- Death Threat
- Die On The Vine
- Fire Falls
- Bury Me Down
- Ashes Of The Altar
- Highbrow Thieves
Source: blabbermouth.net