It's Not Easy Being Human

Critically acclaimed rock band Islander released third album called "It's Not Easy Being Human" via Better Noise Music on April 1st, 2023.
Lead singer Mikey Carvajal shared his thoughts on the band's new album: "It's not easy being human. It's something everyone can relate to. We know that this life isn't easy, and as frequently as we've all heard the saying, 'people are dealing with their own struggles that we may never know about,' we want to actually apply that knowledge into choosing to be good to one another. It's as simple as the title says... It's Not Easy Being Human, so we hope it encourages everyone to show each other a little grace in this crazy life. We included a ton of our friends on the record from KoЯn, Underoath, Zao, P.O.D., I Prevail, Bad Brains, Living Sacrifice, Lacey Sturm, Fire From The Gods, and Hyro The Hero. I've always been interested in seeing my favorite artists work together and we wanted to do that on this record, by leaning on one another, supporting one another, and just having a musical party. We even had the wrestling icon Sting star in a video for one of the tracks. A lot of rap albums have guests all over them, so we were like 'why not just do that with our friends?'"

Lineup

Mikey Carvajal - Vocals
Erik Shea Pedersen - Guitars
Mikey Carvajal - Bass/Keyboards

Guests

Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath) - Vocals
Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf) - Vocals
Sonny Sandoval (P.O.D.) - Vocals
Brian "Head" Welch (KoЯn) - Vocals/Guitar
Bruce Fitzhugh (Living Sacrifice) - Vocals
Daniel Weyandt (Zao) - Vocals
Hyro The Hero - Vocals
HR (Bad Brains) - Vocals
Eric Vanlerberghe (I Prevail) - Vocals
AJ Channer (Fire From The Gods) - Vocals