Band: Excide
Song: “Pariah”
Director: Tyler Washington
Album: Bastard Hymns
Release Date: November 28th, 2025
Label: SharpTone Records
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Vocalist Tyler Washington shares:
Lyrically, ‘Pariah’ is sort of an inward look back to when I was growing up. Not ever really fitting in anywhere or with anyone, wrangling with the religion and politics of your own family and friends, and sort of losing hope at a point that you’ll ever find where you’re supposed to be.
The song itself was such an unexpected outcome. Originally, we wrote the big chorus hook first, sort of aiming to nail down a ‘radio rock’ song. After ditching the idea of what it SHOULD be, we came back to the idea (with Austin Coupe) and just started piecing it together naturally. That lead to so many cool things, like the weirdly-timed two-step riff, lots of acoustic guitar layers, and my favorite being the big Soundgarden-esque bridge section that features my favorite vocal take to date.
I think it’s fitting the way this song stands on its own: Matching the vibe of the lyrics and hopefully being a welcome little sonic detour.