After parting ways with frontman Matthew Green, Philly’s FIXATION are back with their new vocalist Wyatt Oberholzer (producer for bands including Year of the Knife and Struck Nerve)! The band just released 3 new song to showcase their new sound and they kick ass! Listen below, go here to learn more, and be sure to check out our end-of-the-year feature with FIXATION at this location.
Fixation drummer Dan White tells No Echo of the split:
“After 2 years with Matt, things just werenโt working out. We had a number of personal differences and disagreements on how things should be handled as a band. We didnโt feel that he appropriately represented us as a group. So, we decided it would be better to continue on with out him. Wyatt currently plays bass in two of Michael’s other bands (Drowse, Chemical Fix) and has filled in on bass for us before.
When he expressed interest in trying out for vocals, we were all sort of baffled because Wyatt has never fronted a band before and none of us even knew what he would sound like. Heโs been involved with Fixation since the beginningโnot to mention heโs a close friend of oursโso of course that would seem like the perfect replacement. Itโs funny because he already knew most of the lyrics anyway, seeing as he recorded every Fixation song and has probably listened to each track a hundred times. Wyatt showed up to our next practice to give it a shot and blew all of us away. We immediately knew this was the perfect fit for us. This is what what we needed.”
Guitarist Mike Bifolco adds:
“Musically, our sound has taken a darker tone. Weโre still doin the whole playing fast in E standard thing that a lot of the scene right now may be intimidated and confused by. The new material is heavier and more dynamic without losing any of the energy from our previous releases.
In this effort we are pulling more influence from bands like AFI, Samhain, and American Nightmare. This was just the most natural transition for us to take and weโre all excited about it again.”
Nothing feels right
When Iโm always on the outside
My hands are always pressing glass
Nothing is mine
This is someone elseโs life
And I donโt think I fit the part quite rightCanโt make a connection
Canโt fake an interestCanโt sleep, canโt eat
Canโt think, canโt speak
Canโt breathe, canโt breathe, canโt breathe
(When the pressure builds up in my head)Iโm not supposed to be here
I wasnโt meant to belong
I never wanted to be here
I didnโt want to belong
Alive, though every day gets a little bit darker
And the sunโs shaded blue (in my eyes)
Yeah, โthis oneโs been a long fucking winterโ
Ten years (in my head) all I wanted was deathLearned to hide it,
Lied.
โI think Iโm just a little tiredโ
Forced a smile,
Lied again.
(When I said I was alright)Crawled out through your bedroom window
I walked home alone in the darkBlack clouds donโt follow me at night.
All of the kids I knew, theyโve all been fucking dying
Glassy-eyed, frozen hearts
Fragmented lives planned on cutting short
Golden boys and decorated girls are dying young
Needles in their arms
I canโt say I blame them,
We were sold a dream that we canโt afford
(We were never going to leave)Itโs so hard to find your place in a world that doesnโt want you
Move on from this place
All of the kids I knew, theyโve all been fucking dying
