K Será’s new EP, The Cantos: ii, is officially out via Burning House Records. The band was kind enough to write up a Track-By-Track guide behind each of the songs for PropertyOfZack and fans of the band. Check it out below and make sure to listen to the EP!

Asleep
In 2010 we were on Warped Tour traveling through Texas when we were almost killed in a 10+ car pile up. A tropical storm had just made it’s way inland and the rain had made the highway very slick. I am not sure how it started, but I was woken by Dustin dogging cars left and right and trying to get our trailer back behind the van. Outside the window I could see a couple cars flipped with injured passengers trying to exit. Our videographer was yelling to stop so we could help them, until a jack knifing semi truck started to barrel towards us…at that point I yelled “fuck that, keep going”. Dustin hit the gas, evaded the semi, and somehow saved us. Asleep at the Wheel is an account of that morning’s happenings.

This City Is Yours
A lot of the lyrics I wrote for “Cantos: i & ii” focused on a lot negative happenings in my life. When I hit a block for this song, I tried to think of all the bad things going on at the time for a starting point. The act of doing this made me feel sick that I was resorting to a method of writing so centered around self loathing. The song became an ode to the loathing of self loathing. Stay positive.

Little War
I wrote this song almost 3 years ago back when my best friend and my girlfriend at the time both had a strong disliking for each other. It’s a spot that I am sure many people have been in and not a pleasant one at that. The version of this song was the 2nd we recorded of it. We had a good time bringing it up to date to fit with the rest of the material.

10,000 leagues
The downside to traveling as much as I do to pursue my passion is leaving the ones I care about at home. 10,000 leagues is my best attempt at reminding someone that even though I may leave from time to time they are always on my mind.

The Youth That I Spent
The lyrics for this one were the closing thoughts for what I saw as ”The Cantos” era for the band. Right before tracking this song we had parted ways with a couple members. Any musician will tell you that the guys you play with become your makeshift family, so going our separate ways made me really depressed and made me unsure if I wanted to keep going. I tried to sum up my feelings on the last two years, everything that we had gone through as a group, and question if the hardships we endured were worth it. It was extremely therapeutic and renewed my faith in the path we’re currently on.

Smile
In life we are all inevitably going to be faced with obstacles, we suffer losses, and see luck not go our way. I find the best way to off set such things is to focus on the positive that surrounds the unfortunate. You cannot feel loss without first feeling love and no one dies without living, even for a small amount of time. My goal with Smile was to remind people of these obvious facts; facts that we all forget when faced with difficult times.