Continuing a singles series that began in June 2022, Run Into the Sun is back with a new 2-song EP, No One Sees Me/Nothing Heals Here, both of which explore concepts of identity and struggle.
The Salt Lake City, UT based hardcore band previously released Love/Pain, Cry/Blood, and Try/Hope, this time getting a little wordier with their titles.
Vocalist Dan Fletcher explains:
Growing up in a place like Provo, Utah is hard. So many young people are lost to drugs, depression, and suicide. Kids who were shunned by their families for leaving the church, for being queer, for not agreeing with the doctrines, for being themselves. These deaths are constantly covered up, ignored, forgotten, thoughts and prayers sent. I went back to that town recently and I felt sick to my stomach. The history and my memories still make me so fucking mad. When I got home, I wrote the lyrics to “No One Sees Me.” It’s inspired by the connection between my experience and the history of the city, where Mormon settlers arrived and murdered the native tribes. As kids, we were taught this story of a Ute tribe woman leaping from a nearby mountain because she was heartbroken. The truth was that she and her family were hunted and killed.
After I wrote "No One Sees Me," I got to thinking about how I felt growing up in that city. Dealing with ADHD, anxiety and depression. Trying to make sense of my identity in a place where people are told who they’re supposed to be, how they’re supposed to live, and that if they don’t obey, they’ll be kicked out of their culture and end up in hell for eternity. ‘Nothing Heals Here’ is about growing up where you don’t belong, how the beauty of youth is tarnished by ignorance and judgment, looking back and wishing those youthful moments had remained innocent and pure.
The band play live tonight at Crucialfest in SLC.
Upcoming Shows in Salt Lake City:
August 26 @ Metro Music Hall / Crucialfest w/ Will Haven, Whores, The Otolith
November 11 @ Metro Music Hall w/ Triphammer, Villain, Absolved
November 25 @ Black Lung w/ Jawstruck, Scrutiny
November 30 @ Black Lung w/ Threar, Lane and the Chain, P.S. Destroy This
