“We don’t want people to just listen to our music on a surface level. We want people to dive into the songs and dissect them and to really feel them,” explains Brent Walsh, vocalist for the San Francisco Bay Area band ​I the Mighty​.

Since the band’s inception in 2008, I the Mighty ​have come to be recognized as one of the most progressive voices in alternative rock. Over the course of the past decade, the band has built a cult-like international following largely through their explosive live show – which has seen the band touring with such notable acts as ​Coheed & Cambria​, ​Say Anything and ​Glassjaw,​ slots at England’s Download Festival and Reading & Leeds festival, and a 2017 national headline run that culminated in back-to-back sold out shows in Los Angeles.

“We want to tour the world. We want to continuously put out records that mean a lot to us. We want to put our own stamp on the music scene by developing our own sound. We want to continuously set and reach goals throughout our career so that we can better ourselves as musicians and people,” Walsh concludes. “And the thing we hope for most…is that our music means something to someone, the way that other artists have meant so much to us in our lives.”

I the Mighty have released four full-lengths and an equal number of EPs to date. Their most recent effort was the critically-beloved ​Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go full-length, which came out in October of 2017 on Equal Vision Records. Though the band has exhibited incredible growth with each release in the past, ​Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go represented a particularly bold step forward in the band’s creative journey. ​Musically, the album is bolstered by the intricate layerings of guitarwork from Walsh and Ian Pedigo, coupled with the fierce rhythms of Chris Hinkley on bass and Blake Dahlinger on drums. The diverse deliveries of vocals are further highlighted with exceptional framing of impressive multi-layered harmonies and dramatic yet balanced instrumentations.

The acclaimed album is a collection of eleven artistically mature, meticulously crafted rock anthems that sees lead vocalist, Brent Walsh, tackling the topics that have shaped his own personal growth since the release of their last album; both in terms of life experience and in regards to more abstract topics. The lead single, “Chaos In Motion,” premiered world-wide on ​BBC1 Radio Rock and also featured the ultimate “unsatisfying” video that was picked up by ​Viral Thread where it amassed over a million plays in 24 hours. “Chaos In Motion” opened the band to a new demographic of fans that have eagerly sought out the rest of their catalog and seem to have joined the ranks of the band’s already large and dedicated following.

Now, I The Mighty have their own large shoes to fill, but have eagerly met the task. The band’s newest offering, the single ​“Cave In,” is an explosive, emotionally wrought landscape of sound that invites the listener into the darkest recesses of frontman Brent Walsh’s memories of witnessing substance abuse in loved ones.

“‘Cave In’ is a song that people close to me have been pushing me to write for the better portion of my career. I think I’ve put it off because it can be easier to bury things than to face them, but I know that the song’s content is something that a vast amount of people can relate to,” says Walsh. “Experiencing substance abuse among close family, especially as a child, is something that I and many others will carry with them for life. My hope is that ‘Cave In’ can be as cathartic for people to listen to and sing along to, as it was for me to write.”

“Cave In” continues I The Mighty’s standard of maintaining disarming honesty lyrically, coupled with expansive instrumentals that elevate the song from emotional to heartrending. It’s a fluid movement from the sound of ​Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go ​that promises a future of even more growth and complexity from the band. For a group whose goal is to continuously evolve and leave their mark on the music scene by creating a sound and identity all their own, I The Mighty is unquestionably up to the task.

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Since the band’s inception in 2008, San Francisco’s ​I the Mighty ​have come to be recognized as one of the most progressive voices in alternative rock. Over the course of the past decade, the band has built a cult-like international following largely through their explosive live show – which has seen the band touring with such notable acts as Coheed & Cambria,​ ​Say Anything and ​Glassjaw​, slots at England’s Download Festival and Reading & Leeds Festival, and a 2017 national headline run that culminated in back-to-back sold out shows in Los Angeles.

Their 2017 full-length, the critically-beloved ​Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go,​ represented a particularly bold step forward in the band’s creative journey. The record spawned the lead single “Chaos In Motion,” which ​premiered worldwide on BBC1 Radio Rock and also featured the ultimate “unsatisfying” video that was picked up by ​Viral Thread where it amassed over a million plays in 24 hours. “Chaos In Motion” opened the band to a new demographic of fans that have eagerly sought out the rest of their catalog and seem to have joined the ranks of the band’s already large and dedicated following.

Now, I The Mighty have their own large shoes to fill, but have eagerly met the task. The band’s newest offering, the single ​“Cave In,” is an explosive, emotionally wrought landscape of sound that invites the listener into the darkest recesses of frontman Brent Walsh’s memories of witnessing substance abuse in loved ones.

“‘Cave In’ is a song that people close to me have been pushing me to write for the better portion of my career. I think I’ve put it off because it can be easier to bury things than to face them, but I know that the song’s content is something that a vast amount of people can relate to,” says Walsh. “Experiencing substance abuse among close family, especially as a child, is something that I and many others will carry with them for life. My hope is that ‘Cave In’ can be as cathartic for people to listen to and sing along to, as it was for me to write.”

“Cave In” continues I The Mighty’s standard of maintaining disarming honesty lyrically, coupled with expansive instrumentals that elevate the song from emotional to heartrending. It’s a fluid movement from the sound of ​Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go ​that promises a future of even more growth and complexity from the band.