East Coast hardcore mainstays DON’T SLEEP are giving fans another taste of their upcoming album with “No Other Way,” a furiously speeding assault from their full album debut, Turn The Tide, due out September 4th.
DON’T SLEEP’s chemistry is made up of hardcore vets fronted by Dave Smalley, known for his lung-emptying exhales with Dag Nasty, ALL, Down By Law, DYS and others. Smalley describes the track as “An anthem about taking the road less traveled. I think all the kids who came up in the hardcore scene fall into that category. And at this point, in 2020, if you’re listening to this music, you’re a hardcore lifer. It’s in your DNA. Our yesterdays are filled with pain and broken hearts and broken bones, but that’s what made us independent and free. We’re hardcore. We’re steel. Take the path you want. Defy the herd. There is no other way.”