I Promised The World, Rosasharin, guilt.

I Promised The World are a band born out of the desire to thrive in the face of tragedy. The Texas-based five-piece started life after the father of vocalist/guitarist Caleb Molina lost his in 2020 due to COVID. Though the band—completed by vocalist Hunter Wilson, drummer Mason Zschau, guitarist Mason Nowlin and bassist Rivers Shutt—didn’t actually form until a few years later in 2023, their existence is intrinsically linked to his death. It goes without saying that I Promised The World has always been both an extension and expression of Molina’s grief. But, as the band’s new self-titled EP demonstrates, it now also exists in defiance of it, as a celebration of Molina’s dad’s life.

I Promised The World, then, is a powerful artistic manifestation of their decision to do exactly that. It’s symbolic of both the old iteration of the band and the new one, because even though nothing has changed, everything has changed. This is a new beginning, of sorts, that details I Promised The World’s dreams. As Molina puts it, it’s about “being hopeful and not giving up and following your ambitions.” In other words, it’s the sound of the band shedding the skin of who they were in order to fully become who they’ve always known themselves to be. “That’s why I really wanted it to be self-titled,” says Molina. “Because this is us.”

With support from Rosasharin, guilt, and Brusher.

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