Bayonet is a new project that features members of Senses Fail, The Banner, Suburban Scum, and Fit For An Autopsy. The band released their brand new self-titled EP today through Mightier Than Sword Records and Buddy Neilson was kind enough to write up a track-by-track guide for each of the songs on the EP for PropertyOfZack. Read up on it below!

Nightmare - This song is one of the first songs Jeremy and I ever worked on together. It deals with the idea of feeling lifeless and struggling with the absence of God. I feel like a lot of Bayonet stuff touches on what my idea of faith is in a judeo christian god. This song just came together very easily and was recorded in about 10min. 

Who’s Gonna Want Me Now - This is my favorite song on the ep because it’s short, fast and to the point. I live in Jersey City, which over looks Manhattan, so I see a ton of planes flying across the skyline every day. I started the song off with referencing that and then go on to talk about how missed opportunities can be the death of me. Ultimately I believe, that to certain extent things happen for a reason but in this song I talk about the idea of being loved is always a missed opportunity to me.

Harsh - I think there are haven been like 10 different versions of this song before we settled on the version that is on the EP. I wrote this song looking back on the town I grew up in and just how angry I was about who I was surrounded by while I grew up. I lived in a place where importance on money and looks were more important than artistic expression or intellect, which I am sure is the case in most places but this is me reflecting on that.

Black Bird - Black Bird is another song about growing up with an absent father and the person that is has made me. I wrote all these songs at a very dark time in my life one which I know will never happen again. I have at this point in my life confronted all the issues that I bring up in this song and can thankfully say that this demon has been put to bed. I love the way the song ends.

New York Minute - This is the first song Jeremy and I completed and I think ever worked on. He had a couple songs left over from another band he was working on and showed me this and I just went into the vocal booth and threw out the vocal pattern and it stuck. It was very exciting because I had never worked on music with anyone else other than the guys in Senses Fail and it almost felt like I has cheating on them in a way, haha. I think the song was the start of when I knew that Jeremy and I had something cool going on.