My Fictions Sign to 1126 Records + Band Shares “Dreams of Escape” Video

To celebrate this exciting new partnership, the band has released the lyric video for the new single “DREAMS OF ESACPE,” which is its first offering from the label.

Watch and listen here.

Recorded with Chris Teti at Silver Bullet Studios in Connecticut, “Dreams of Escape” is the most aggressive My Fictions song ever written, kicking off with a blistering blast beat and never letting up the frantic pace over its three minute run-time.

ABOUT MY FICTIONS:
My Fictions began what feels like a lifetime ago — in the distant memory of the early 2010s. The band cut its teeth making noise in basement venues with ridiculous names that have been long since shut down and rented to more responsible tenants. A handful of EPs and split releases honing in the band’s aggressive and atmospheric sound preceded their 2014 full-length Stranger Songs. Their debut album served as the best summation-to-date of what has become the My Fictions formula: songs must be lyrically dense, sonically pummeling, and emotionally devastating.

Post LP 1, My Fictions played less often and faded into memory. This might have been due to the blogging site Tumblr becoming a less present force in everyday life, or possibly more related to drummer Menihane’s other duties playing in bands like Vanna and Vattnet Viskar — who’s to say. But just like processed foods or Matt Damon in Rounders, My Fictions kept, to quote Teddy KGB, “Hanging around… hanging around” —  and a revitalized version of the band returned in 2021 with a six-song comeback EP. Time Immemorial brought new, heavier elements into the My Fictions sound while retaining the strange and suffocating undercurrent of earlier offerings.

This new iteration of the band followed suit by hitting the road with Massachusetts metalcore legends Overcast, Providence newcomers (and split partners) Dreamwell and New Jersey’s Hundreds of Au on separate runs. They also added bass player and former Aviator guitarist Michael Russo into the mix as a new member for the writing sessions that followed.

Depending on who you ask, the answer may vary on whether or not there was ever supposed to be a second My Fictions album. But the future’s as bright as it ever has been for the band, who have joined the ranks of metalcore tastemaker label 1126 Records to deliver a new full-length follow-up this year. Taking “Dreams of Escape” as a taste of what’s to come, expect the most intense, driven and potentially distressing iteration of My Fictions yet — they’ve got alligator blood, can’t get rid of ’em.