Boston’s The True Faith have released the second single from their forthcoming LP, Go To Ground, which sees release via à La Carte Records (Lesser Care, Don’t Get Lemon) on January 10, 2023. Listen here.

“’Feet Held To The Fire’ was the first song that was written for the new album,” Benson says. “We had just wrapped up the recording of They Can Always Hurt You More when we started working on this track. The song is ultimately about accountability – holding ourselves accountable and being accountable to others. This entire album came at a major transitional point for us – not only as a band but in our own individual lives – and each song really highlights an experience felt at the time.”

The True Faith consists of core members Travis Benson (vocals/guitar), Quentin Moyer (guitar) and Dylan Kotliar (bass). The band started as a solo project by Travis when he released the self-titled demo cassette, which was a darker minimal synth/industrial type sound. The demo caught the attention of à La Carte Records who approached them to release an album on the new label.

Benson recruited friend Quentin Moyer to play guitar on their debut EP, As Much Nothing As Possible, shifting towards more of a classic synth-pop sound. After the release of the EP, they began working on their first full-length album, They Can Always Hurt You More. The True Faith added Dylan Kotliar on bass during this time and had Tom Weir (from Old Moon) play drums. During the writing sessions for the album, they released two of the tracks originally intended for the LP as a 7″ (Leucovorin Rescue b/w What is Owed 7″ on à La Carte Records) and an additional song, “Giving Up,” was released as an exclusive track on a compilation for music outlet Destroy//Exist. The True Faith released They Can Always Hurt You More through à La Carte Records and went on an east coast tour with Doused.

Currently, the band also includes Nauman Javed on drums and Francisco Ilabaca on synth.

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