Worn Through
“‘Barely Real’ is song about landing in a place you’ve always wanted to be. But now that you’ve arrived, you discover that what you’ve wanted all along isn’t quite what you thought it’d be. Perspectives change, time is fleeting, and you realize that life is just a collection of memories that can leave you wondering what’s even real. We tried to mirror this sentiment in the video, by capturing candid footage on 8mm film the weekend we began recording the album in the summer of 2023.” (Matt O’Conke, Worn Through drummer and songwriter)
Worn Through is a band that feels like a late-night conversation with an old friend, someone you know who has been through the fire and has come out the other side wiser, somehow kinder. Raw and honest, they let you behind the curtain to hear what they’ve kept guarded for so long, revealing the sting of lost loves, regrets of tender recklessness and those small, fleeting moments that carry the weight of the world.
Each song sung like unmailed postcards scattered on a living room floor, telling stories with beautifully entangled melodies and hopeful, yet melancholy guitars; picked like a petal with sophisticated twang. Driven between dash-lines by a reliable rhythm section that flows down the dark interstate of infinite time. Each player protecting the delicate flame that may have once burned them, but now invites them to find and keep peace.
Comprised of former members of Tin Armor, Angel Du$t, Wild Honey and Saintseneca, these kindred spirits have lived a life of rock n’ roll, only to realize that the road is “a goddamn impossible way of life,” echoing the parting sentiment of the original Band. At some point without noticing, their impulsive, roaming days had reached the end of the line, allowing them now to handle with care the opportunity to begin again, together in Baltimore, Maryland.
Immediately, with the release of their debut album, Barely Real (via Strange View Records/Just Because Records on June 20), they have found their sound, and harnessed the collective ache of lost time like car wheels down a gravel road. Yet, for all their introspection, there’s a quiet strength in their music, a sense that even in the face of heartbreak and uncertainty, there’s beauty to be found.
Knowing that nothing lasts forever only frees the music in the moment that it’s played, creating an authentic indie, country rock sound that’s been inspired by many of those who have traveled before them. Worn Through has no choice but to embrace the uncertain magic of rock n’ roll, because it’s the only road they’ve ever known.
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