I the Mighty

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.