Appropriately enough for a band named NEW YEARS DAY, their stunning new Unbreakable album signifies a new outlookas well as a high-water mark for the Cali-bred lineup. Yet it was a rocky road to Unbreakable, as singer Ash Costello explains: If I had to look at my lifelikea timeline ofcolors,when I wrote our last album, Malevolence (2015), it was pitch, charcoal black. But in the lastcoupleyears, the band cut off toxic people, built a new business team, and were stronger than weve ever been. So when we went to make Unbreakable, I wanted the process to be fun, to reflect our renewed vibe and energy, she says. We set out to write the poppiest metalalbum,or the most metal pop album.On Unbreakable, that mission is accomplished. Its a dozen intense, boundary-melding songs that may touch on metal or goth, but are ultimately undeniable modern rock n roll tunes, no-holds-barred, done the NEW YEARS DAY way. The public got its first taste of Unbreakable in November 2018, with the booming, ultra-dynamic Skeletons. The song surpassed 1 million worldwide streams, the first proof that Unbreakable was going to be unbeatable. Its an album that captures a young band in its creative prime, and a singer solidly in charge of her vision.