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As kids, we all grew up on the ‘sounds of England’, the sound of nothing to lose and everything to gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn past Sleeps records the weight of the writing process rested with only a few members. \u003cem\u003eSelf Hell\u003c\/em\u003e is a reimagined version of the band where the combination of all of our childhood inspirations has resurfaced and animated this whole album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe have found an incredibly powerful and creative way to make everyone’s essence and vision find a path in each song. This has turned the music into a free-spirited collage of each member's desires and ideas thus creating a real-life musical fusion that has kept this entire process alive from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe name of the album is the foundation of how we view ourselves and the world. Everyone has a subjective experience like no other. Yet the constant that binds us is the differences between us and the fact that we are all suffering in our own way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t be too quick to judge and demonize, your time will come for redemption or damnation. We are all on the path of \u003cem\u003eSelf Hell\u003c\/em\u003e which will lead us to either our liberation or our own demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs friends and humans, we keep our mortality close to our chest in this band. This allows our carefree attitude to continue to grow. We aren’t here forever and \u003cstrong\u003eWhile She Sleeps\u003c\/strong\u003e will continue to keep the world guessing on what we will do next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot only for the fans but this is a spiritual venture that we must keep alive, moving, and constantly in flux. We do this by scaring ourselves with things we are not supposed to do. Every. Single. 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