07/30/2021
(The End of America) remembers Sandy Hook with new single “Push Back” and is available today! Thank you so much & for premiering this beautiful track. We are so elated to have your support today, as this song means a lot to the band.
Band member James Downes tell his story: “I had band practice in Newtown, CT on December 14, 2012. I’ll never forget standing on the front lawn of my drummer's house with my bandmates, watching in frightened awe as an endless train of first responders and news trucks blasted down the suburban streets.
Only a few hours later we heard the news, along with the rest of the world, about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. It all happened less than a mile from where we stood. Being that close to unthinkable darkness leaves a boot tread on the brain.
I wrote "Push Back” eight years later, the sound of those sirens still branded into my memory. With lawmakers continuously offering nothing more than "thoughts and prayers," I was feeling nauseated by the insanity of American politics and its complete failure to pass any meaningful gun control legislation. I needed this song to pull me out and into a place where I could breathe again.”
