NEWS 2020/04/22
Bert McCracken is never happier than when he’s discussing his own mortality. “We’re all just humans. We’re all born, we’re all gonna die,” he says, leaning back in a chair sat on the back deck of his home in Sydney, Australia. The joyful shouts of his two daughters float in from the yard; at one point Bert pauses to say hello to a curious bird who has landed on the railing. Beyond the visual signifiers of a neck tattoo and cut-off tee, you might never guess that the man bathed in mid-morning sunshine is also the frontman of The Used, 21st-century punk-rock’s antiheroes who made emo music what it is today. This week, the band – today completed by bassist Jeph Howard, guitarist Joey Bradford and drummer Dan Whitesides – release their most dichotic album yet, Heartwork,...
The Dusk in Us
1.A Single Tear 2.Eye of the Quarrel 3.Under Duress 4.Arkhipov Calm 5.I Can Tell You About Pain 6.The Dusk in Us 7.Wildlife 8.Murk & Marrow 9.Trigger 10.Broken By Light 11.Cannibals 12.Thousands of Miles Between Us 13.Reptilian