THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE

emo band arm's length of ontario Canada have debuted their newest video for single "morning person". morning person is the final track off arm's length's latest album "there's a whole world out there" released on May 16th this year.

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"The album’s visual narrative reaches its climax in the music video for Morning Person —a dark and cinematic portrayal of grief and memory. As director Alex Scalzo-Brown notes, “Allen’s words in Morning Person read to me like grief filling up a room, with all the most beautiful parts of something once lost, crashing into you without mercy. I believe this feeling is mutual between the living and the dead.”"

“Morning Person is genuinely my favourite Arm’s Length song,” says vocalist and guitarist Allen Steinberg. “I’d say it’s the most important one, at least to me. Lyrically, it captures so many emotions that I’ve had to process within

not only the last few years, but my entire lifetime. Constant compulsive overthinking, debilitating anxiety and familial trauma are all themes that are tackled in this song. As a whole, it feels extremely triumphant, and writing this song truly helped me realize that I am worth the amount of space I take up in the world.”

“I think Alex Scalzo-Brown did an incredible job translating this song into visual art,” Steinberg continues. “He beautifully captures grief, and the video he created grapples with all of the aforementioned themes. The video closes the trilogy with a sense of despair, but also with the sense that all is not hopeless, and that was my intention with the song itself when it was written.”

"A sweeping and emotionally raw body of work, There’s A Whole World Out There finds the band—Allen Steinberg (vocals/guitar), Jeremy Whyte (guitar), Ben Greenblatt (bass), and Jeff Whyte (drums)—pushing their sound further than ever

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before. Produced by longtime collaborator Anton DeLost, the album explores themes of grief, mental health, self-doubt, and resilience through massive guitar hooks and gut-punching lyricism.

Steinberg’s personal struggles, which he openly addressed in his songwriting, are central to the album’s creation. He confesses that during the period leading up to the writing of this record, he was “the most mentally ill” he had ever been. Yet, it was precisely through confronting these intense experiences that the album came to life with such urgency and honesty. “The songs aren’t written for anyone else at all,” he says, emphasizing the raw, unfiltered emotion that drives the record’s sound and lyrics. The album peaked at #6 on Billboard’s Current Rock and Alternative Album Charts and #17 for Vinyl Albums."

You can find arm's length on: spotify, apple music, facebook, instagram and youtube

For fans of: heart attack man, anxious, my dead friends. and rematch

what are your thoughts on the new video? which is your favourite track off of 'there's a whole world out there'?