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To many observers, it looked like Cave In’s 2019 album, Final Transmission, was exactly what its
title indicated. After all, the band’s bassist and dear friend Caleb Scofield had passed during the
record’s early stages. They finished it with the help of another dear friend—Nate Newton of
Converge/Old Man Gloom/Doomriders—but it still felt like the end of an era.
“At that time, we were so consumed by doing what we felt we needed to do to help the Scofield
family get on their feet, and raising money for them was a huge concern,” Cave In
vocalist/guitarist Steve Brodsky explains. “We did some benefit shows and allocated half of the
proceeds from Final Transmission to his family. So it’s almost like we had to keep doing the band
to use it as a vehicle to help the Scofields. But it was healing, and through that process we put
the wheels back on Cave In.”