10 YEARS ANNOUNCES DIGITAL EP 'INNER DARKNESS'
10 Years and Mascot Records have announced an October 11 street date for the band’s digital EP titled INNER DARKNESS. The lead single 10 Years (feat. Conquer Divide) - “The Optimist” hits global radio airwaves next week, following today’s release of a new official music video which can be viewed ⬇️
In addition to featuring three previously unreleased songs and three well-received singles, the Inner Darkness EP includes a version of the hit “The Optimist” with guest vocals by Conquer Divide’s Kia Castillo, who skillfully trades off lines with 10 Years singer Jesse Hasek. The chemistry between the two singers and the bands more broadly was there from the start. When they first met on a Zoom, guitarist and producer Brian Vodinh recalls, “We talked about touring and recording and basically nerded out and hit it off really well. Then, we mentioned the idea of a collaboration, which is where everything started.” Hasek adds, “We thought it would be fun to give it a new twist since it has been out there for a while. Kia’s name came up and I’ve always enjoyed female vocalists and I thought it would be especially cool to inject her voice into our style of music. She had the right vibe and a great attitude and she really went for it. It was a fun, painless process and it came out even better than I expected it to.”
The complete EP track listing includes “The Optimist” (feat. Conquer Divide), “Gravity,” “Rise,” “Speechless,” “I Remember,” “The Trench,” and “The Optimist.” While 10 Years will continue to tour through the end of the year and into 2025, the band has no intention of waiting another four years before releasing the follow-up to Inner Darkness. In fact, there are more than a dozen nearly finished songs waiting for Vodinh in his home studio. With no strict deadline and no studio bills to pay, Vodinh constructed frameworks for about 70 songs over the past two years. The greatest challenge was deciding which six would make the cut for Inner Darkness.