This is the first of BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME’s two-part eighth album and introductory offering for Sumerian Records, "Automata". The North Carolina quintet—Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead and rhythm guitar, backing and lead vocals), Dustie Waring (rhythm and lead guitar), Blake Richardson (drums), and Dan Briggs (bass, keyboards)—explore these themes by personally smashing boundaries once again. "Automata" marks the band’s first proper double LP-spanning concept. They continue to expand their ever-evolving style, upholding a tradition of progression in the process.