According to Blabbermouth.net, Butcher Babies have unleashed their new single and official music video, “Leaving California”, which is available now through Judge & Jury Records, powerhouse record label and production company founded by multi-platinum producer Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, SEETHER, SKILLET, OF MICE & MEN) and Neil Sanderson of THREE DAYS GRACE. Produced by Benson, the track marks the fifth single from Butcher Babies’s new album, Nightbloom, due out on October 2.
“Leaving California” captures the emotional conflict of leaving behind a life that once felt permanent in pursuit of an uncertain future. The song is both deeply personal and universally relatable, reflecting on the courage it takes to embrace change. The track serves as a key chapter in an album that functions as a deeply personal love letter to Butcher Babies vocalist Heidi Shepherd‘s past reflecting on the experiences, relationships, heartbreaks and hard-earned lessons that have shaped her over the last 25 years.
As a whole, it’s a record rooted in self-reflection and growth, honoring where she’s been while embracing the strength and clarity of who she has become today. “The writing of this song began in July of 2020 as I saw my industry, family, and friends all one by one leaving California; a place I truly believed would be my forever home. I built my life there. I traded in my 20-year comfort of sandy beaches, ocean air and the walk of fame for the big unknown. During that time, I wasn’t only breaking up with California, I was moving on from a life that I am so grateful to have experienced, but needed a change,” said Shepherd.
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