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Matty Best Discusses Role As Both Sleeping With Sirens & Tonight Alive's Drummer

Oct 28, 2022

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For those who have been interested in hearing an update on the future of Aussie pop punk icons Tonight Alive, new developments arose when we sat down for a chat with drummer Matty Best, who joined Wall of Sound to discuss his new role as Sleeping With Sirens' full-time drummer - who he started working with back in 2019 following Tonight Alive's announcement of their hiatus from international touring.

Since then, the Aussie-turned-US musician has added his skills SWS lineup and produced the killer beats you hear on their new release Complete Collapse. Earlier this week, he joined guitarist Nick Martin for an in-depth with Ellie Robinson who pondered the question of how Matty would split his duties between both bands, should their indefinite hiatus come to an end in the near future...

"I’m with these guys, you know? To be completely transparent, Sirens threw me a lifeline when I wasn’t sure what I was going to do, musically. I was living in Nashville, doing some bar gigs and a couple of sessions here and there, and when I met up with the guys, it was just like the right time to do something like this. And from the very first tour that I did with Sirens, I’ve known that it’s the camp I want to be in. These guys are some of the nicest, most selfless guys I’ve ever met – and it makes such a difference when that’s your camp, you know? So I owe a lot to the guys, and I know that for me personally, this is where I’ll stay."

Matty goes on to say that despite the physical distance between them (he's in the US and

"There has been some talk of a couple of [Tonight Alive] reunion shows, but logistically, it’s getting a lot harder with everyone starting to move on with their lives. To answer diplomatically, I think if Tonight Alive ever did something, it would be when Sirens wasn’t."

One of the wholesome moments from the interview arose when

"We’ve told Matty from day one, anytime it’s ever come up, that if Tonight Alive ever do want to reform, that’d be cool. Like, 'If you guys want to do some shows, go play some shows.' Because we’re all big Tonight Alive fans ourselves – I’d go just to enjoy it from the crowd."

Matty's not the only

Until then, Matty Best and Sleeping With Sirens will be playing Good Things Festival in December