Toronto post-hardcore group, Napoleon, have returned with a brand new single titled “Help Me,” and the announcement of an all new EP, ‘Dear God’ – set for release on May 31st, 2024.
Reflecting on their upcoming EP, vocalist / guitarist Jon Elameh says:
“Dear God is much darker than our last effort “Enemy Within” – both musically and lyrically. We dropped a lot of the hard rock influences in favor of a more post-hardcore/metalcore sound, there is a lot more screaming compared to clean singing than we have had before, a direction we have slowly been pushing in for the last couple of years.
Lyrically, Dear God is an EP about faith. More specifically, the lack thereof – both in God, and yourself. “Help Me” for example tells the story of a man who chose to dedicate his life to serving god at the expense of having a family/friends/life outside religion, meanwhile “Lord and Savior” asks the question I’ve found myself asking since I was young, which is if God is so great and good, and so real, why do terrible things still happen in our world, why isn’t God stopping them from happening if God has the power. Both “Heartless” and “If I Go” deal with themes of self doubt, from a religion and an internal standpoint, asking questions like “did god just abandon me because I’m not good enough?” or “If I died would anyone even know.”
All around I’m very proud of this release, I believe this is our strongest effort yet, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
The EP is available for pre-order here.
