{"id":2254366,"date":"2026-01-28T12:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2254366"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:27:26","slug":"mark-pascall-on-the-return-of-departed-with-new-song-youre-the-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mark-pascall-on-the-return-of-departed-with-new-song-youre-the-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Pascall On The Return Of Departed With New Song You\u2019re The Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Melodic hard rockers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metaltalk.net\/tag\/departed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Departed<\/a> have announced that the \u201csilence ends now,\u201d with the release of the new single You\u2019re The Reason, marking the band\u2019s first new music since 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re The Reason showcases exactly who we are now,\u201d vocalist Mark Pascall told MetalTalk. \u201cBridging our original sound with something heavier, darker, and evolved, this is only the start. Just wait for what\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Departed feature Mark Pascall, who has become known for his work fronting the likes of Cats In Space, Kingdom of Madness and Myke Gray of Skin, alongside Ben Brookland, the former lead guitarist for critically-acclaimed UK rock band The Treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are joined by Matt Chalk, a multi-instrumentalist who is the master behind the kit and Mike Rigler, formerly of Voodoo Vegas, on bass.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Departed - &quot;You&#039;re The Reason&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Yw_Z8DfOLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Over the years, Departed have appeared at major festivals including Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, SteelHouse Festival, Looe Music Festival, Hard Rock Hell and Winterstorm.<\/p>\n<p>As well as supporting bands like Status Quo, Big Country, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, Chuck Mosley (Faith No More), the Graham Bonnet Band, and Skindred, the band were proud to support the Michael Schenker Fest on tour and were the major support for The New Roses UK tour.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the band made a most welcome return to the live arena as special guests to Myke Gray\u2019s Skin at KK\u2019s Steel Mill in 2023 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metaltalk.net\/departed-a-triumphant-return-to-the-stage-at-kks-steel-mill.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">which was covered by MetalTalk<\/a>. This was a \u201cshowcase performance that easily maintains their parity with the many contemporaries who have emerged in their absence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Departed \u2013 KK\u2019s Steel Mill \u2013 19 August 2023. Photo: John Inglis\/MetalTalk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You\u2019re The Reason marks a heavier return, with great crunchy riffing and sets the mouthwatering prospect of how the band may choose to return to their earlier material in a live setting.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Departed hit the stage at Download, having released the song Are You Ready? This track was highlighted by Mark in a 2018 interview as one that had really come into its own. \u201cIt\u2019s been really well received and goes down extremely well live,\u201d Mark said. \u201cWe do feel that our songs are very strong and it\u2019s hard to pick a favourite as such.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a catalogue of solid rock songs behind them, there is a desire within Departed to unleash a more modern incarnation of the band and the material that has been developing over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is a new era for the band,\u201d Mark told us, \u201cand after a few years\u2019 hiatus, the band are raring to go and can\u2019t wait for their new material to be shared with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/departedbanduk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the band\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Are You Ready?&quot; -  DEPARTED\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syr3X3oSQ90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-metaltalk-heavy-metal-news-reviews-and-interviews wp-block-embed-metaltalk-heavy-metal-news-reviews-and-interviews\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.metaltalk.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melodic hard rockers Departed have announced that the \u201csilence ends now,\u201d with the release of the new single You\u2019re The Reason, marking the band\u2019s first new music since 2019. \u201cYou\u2019re The Reason showcases exactly who we are now,\u201d vocalist Mark Pascall told MetalTalk. \u201cBridging our original sound with something heavier, darker, and evolved, this is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2254367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[436515,21738],"class_list":["post-2254366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-departed","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mark-Pascall-On-The-Return-Of-Departed-With-New-Song.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254368,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254366\/revisions\/2254368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}