NO CURE is back with their crushing new single, Don’t Need Your Help, a track that dives headfirst into metallic hardcore chaos with a flavor bordering on metalcore and deathcore, though it defies any strict genre label.
Featuring Nick Chance of Wielded Steel, this track is pure, unrelenting aggression – a sound that smashes conventions and leaves you questioning at least some of what you thought you knew about heavy music.
This single is the first taste of their upcoming release I Hope I Die Here, dropping December 6, 2024. The album packs eight ruthless tracks, each featuring heavy-hitters like GIDEON, COLD HARD STEEL, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, and BAREKNUCKLE.
On it, the band delivers an inimitable hybrid of gritty basement-bred hardcore boosted by death metal proficiency and explosive unpredictability.
The EP features guests on every track, including Daniel McWhorter from Gideon, Kayhan Vaziri of Blessing + Yautja, and Matthew Hasting of MyChildren MyBride, among others. All features are highlighted in the track listing below.
“Every track features someone that has made an undeniable mark on Alabama hardcore over the years,” the band explains about inviting so many of its friends to contribute to the release. “We do not expect you to recognize every name on this record, and that’s the point.”
As for the first single, Steuer says, “‘Don’t Need Your Help‘ is about my touring experience throughout the country, and learning that many people still view the Southeast through a lens of negativity. The meaning behind the song is broad, in the sense that it certainly acknowledges the painful past of the region. But it also makes clear that it doesn’t help anyone to continue shitting on the current people here that only want to make it a better place for everyone.”
Regarding the dual feature on the song, Steuer furthers, “It was critically important to me to have two of my closest friends sing on this song. The first being Nick Chance (Beautiful Child of God), and also Jesse Clark (Wielded Steel). Both of them have shared these kinds of experiences as well. Overall, it is an extremely overstimulating and hard hitting track, and I can’t wait to rip it live.”
As for the EP as a whole, the band reveals, “I Hope I Die Here is a love letter to Alabama and the Southeastern experience. It is an acknowledgment of suffering, and a proclamation of strength. This record is conceptually driven and more musically diverse than our previous EPs, on purpose. There is a distinct reason for each song to exist. We approach many topics, including what it’s like to grow up under the boot of religion, fraternity culture, the dark side of a beloved landmark, local ecological exploitation, and more. We do not believe the world needs any more songs about how craaaaaazyyy of a guy you are, how much you hate your town, or how your ex was such a *checks notes* bitch for breaking up with you because you cheated on her.”
Just last month, NO CURE paid homage to FOUNDATION with a cover of Purple Heart in honor of Edge Day 2024.
That track was a nod to one of their biggest influences and to the southern straight edge hardcore scene that shaped them.
Since their start in 2021, NO CURE has been tearing up the straight edge metalcore and hardcore scenes, especially around their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.
With I Hope I Die Here on the horizon, Don’t Need Your Help is just the opening salvo in what promises to be an uncompromising, bone-crushing slap in the face. Stay tuned.
