Last year, a bunch of hardcore veterans teamed up to form the new band Be Well, who released a killer two-song 7" on Equal Vision. Now, the band -- who are fronted by Brian McTernan (who used to front Battery and has produced classic records by Converge, Hot Water Music, Thrice, Circa Survive, The Movielife, Piebald, and many others) and also feature Fairweather members Peter Tsouras (guitar) and Shane Johnson (drums), Darkest Hour's Mike Schleibaum (guitar), and Bane/Converge's Aaron Dalbec (bass) -- have announced their debut album.
It's called The Weight and The Cost and it comes out August 21 via Equal Vision (and via End Hits in EU/UK) (pre-order). The album features both songs from last year's 7" ("Strength For Breath" and "Frozen") as well as the just-released "Confessional," which closes the album. It's a personal song that's described as "an emotional ode to McTernan’s hopes for his daughter's future as he works on pulling his own life together," and it's another very promising taste of this album. "I hope that you never feel as lost as I do today," Brian belts on the chorus, and you can feel the honesty and the vulnerability in his voice.