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The Sonic Road Podcast
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The stuff that doesn't make it to YouTube.
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What's up everybody — Beau here.
I just sat down with Nick DiSalvo from Elder for the second time on the podcast. This time we went deep on the band's new album Through Zero, which comes out May 29th through Blues Funeral Recordings in America, Stickman Records in Europe, and Bird's Robe in Australia. Nick was cool enough to walk me through each song on the record, how they built them in the studio, what some of the lyrics mean, and what Elder means to him in 2026. That conversation is Episode 34 of The Sonic Road Podcast, and it's out on Tuesday May 26th on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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But what I want to do here is go further. This interview got really introspective for both of us, and I walked away from it thinking about a lot of things that I want to share with you.
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I've been a fan of Elder for over 13 years now. I've watched this band evolve from a stoner doom outfit into something much more expansive and harder to categorize. Every album pushes into new territory, and Through Zero is another step forward. I've had a chance to listen to it ahead of the release, and it's yet another advancement for a band that never seems content to repeat itself. If you're new to Elder, this might actually be a great place to start because it pulls from every era of the band while still sounding like nothing they've done before.
What struck me most about this conversation wasn't the track-by-track breakdown, though that was fascinating. It was how honest Nick was about the reality of being a working musician 20 years into a career. This is a guy who juggles three bands, works for Stickman Records when he's not on the road, lives in Germany, and somehow keeps all of those plates spinning. From the outside looking in, that sounds like the dream job. And in a lot of ways it is. But Nick brought some reality to it that I think anyone who's ever been in a band can relate to.
He told me he's recently found himself asking the question "Why do I still do this?" That hit me, because I've asked myself the same thing. I took about a year off from playing music to get rid of some toxic people in my creative spaces and deal with some health issues that are now thankfully behind me. During that time, I had those same feelings — what's the point, why bother, maybe I'm done with this. But it doesn't last. That obsession rears its head if you step away long enough. I mentioned that to Nick and he agreed. He's never going to stop. None of us are. It's not really a choice. The creative drive is either there or it isn't, and once you've got it, you can't shut it off no matter how tired you get.