My Epic Yet
I’m obsessed with heavy, heavy music that shatters the stained glass windows of the most beloved churches and smashes the most sacred of crucifixes into dust with accompanying lyrics about dead family members rising from their graves and hunting down your new born babies to decapitate their teeny heads and rape their tender necks with maggot stuffed cocks. However, these aren’t the limits of my musical tastes. I do equally enjoy a broad spectrum of musical genres including soul, hip hop, jazz, blues, country, and experimental indie rock, which is what My Epic plays.
Hailing from Charlotte, NC, My Epic is made up of guitarist/singer Aaron Stone, drummer Jesse Stone, and bassist Jeremiah Austin. They all are influenced in life and musically by God and His strange and incomprehensible ways. His holiness radiates on each and every album they have ever put out. No, they aren’t as big as the official turd burglars of Jesus, Creed. They are heavier and deserve way more credit. And with just one listen to their new album Yet, you can hear why. Produced by Matt Goldman (Underoath, As Cities Burn), Yet is a raw and stripped down record with a bit of groove and a little bit of somber thrown in the mix. If I were to compare them to anyone it would probably be Thrice, but that doesn’t explain them entirely. It doesn’t give them justice. They have their own unique sound.
Yet’s opener “Author” starts off with a cacophony of feedback that leads into a piano driven track with screams to enhance the emotions of the overall song. Aaron’s voice can come off as whiny, but at the same time there’s a soothing comfort to it. Most of the album is calm and melodic. It reminds me of something you might hear playing in the background of your local youth church group. On the other hand, there are also heavier guitar elements laced throughout the album such as in the tracks “Lower Still,” “Ashes,” and at the end of “Sound and Fury.” My favorite track “Pour,” also has a slow and heavy breakdown that brings on one of the only instrumentals of the album.
The lyrics standout in Yet. They are what My Epic fans appreciate and love about them. Their words are insightful, hopeful, and memorable. For example, there’s a lyric at the beginning of the closing track “Perfector,” that sheds a new light into the dark thoughts that we all have of death. Aaron sings “Death is just a hook behind a door where I’ll leave my dirty clothes.” Yes, his lyrics are truly enlightening to say the least.
Yet might never be found in a metal maniacs album collection, but that doesn’t mean it should be ignored. My Epic has an appeal to them that can cross many musical borders. They may even inspire some metal maniacs to take a break from the slaughter they put their ears through on a daily basis. Those who listen might just be swept off to heaven, instead of their daily hell, with the serene and beautiful melodies My Epic has released to all of God’s children.
