In Conversation: Brian McTernan of Be Well
In his work with Be Well, Brian McTernan has expanded the boundaries of what it means to be open about your mental health in hardcore. He's got to admit: It's getting better.
Few people can claim to have had such an outstanding diverse impact on the last 30 years of hardcore’s recorded history than Brian McTernan. As a producer, he has stewarded countless canonical records for some of our most influential artists, including Converge, Turnstile, Snapcase, Cave In, Angel Du$t, The Movielife, 108, Hot Water Music, Thrice, Circa Survive, and my own band, Texas is the Reason—and that’s just scratching the surface. If that weren’t enough, he’s also been playing in bands since he was thirteen years old, starting with D.C. straightedge torchbearers Battery, then with proto-emo architects Ashes, and most recently with Be Well, whose compelling blend of melodic hardcore and hardcore introspection is easily his most realized work to…