I Don't Want to See You in Heaven

You're goddamn right I'm on the new Callous Daoboys record

I texted Carson to tell him I doom-scrolled into a video of Limp Bizkit playing “Break Stuff” live in Argentina, which led to me revisiting their entire catalog and realizing the brilliance of the Bizkit.

I knew he would understand this. Carson has the duality of being able to discern what to be absolutely unapologetic and unrelenting on in life and what should never, ever be taken seriously. He navigates that line expertly. We often reserve high praise for those that approach everything with reverence and aim to reach the upper echelons of their craft. I’ve often found myself more interested in the artist who can expertly seesaw between beautiful catharsis and taking the piss out of everyone.

There’s a through line in everything Carson touches. Whether it’s the arrangement of the bridge to a song or the composition of the graphics on a t-shirt he designs. He keeps his hands in everything because I think he’s one of those people who just has to. Even if there were others around he could trust to help carry the torch.

When someone with that singular vision asks you to sing on their record within’ the first hour of meeting each other, there’s a sense of responsibility there. “Send me stuff,” is what I said, because I usually hope for a batch of ideas rather than one, in order to up the chances of me finding my way into one of the songs.

Carson sent one idea.

It was already daunting to think about how I was going to find my way back into heavy music, as it’d been a while since I’d done anything like that. Maybe he knew, as he sent me the slow jam on the record.

I tracked and sent him an idea back fairly quickly. He told me that lyrically, I was echoing back the same sentiment that permeated the record, and he loved it.

Carson and the Callous Daoboys are keeping alive many of the aspects that made me fall in love with making music. He’s obsessed with the record as an experience, in a way that’s infectious and inspiring.

I’m honored to be a part of this record, and if you like heavy music, you should carve out time to give it a listen.

Find me on track 7 - “Body Horror for Birds”

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