Forester Capture the Glory and Grit of Reckless Youth on “Daredevil Youth”

Edmonton-based punk rockers Forester come roaring back with their latest single, “Daredevil Youth”—a no-holds-barred anthem to the chaos, euphoria, and inevitable bruises of youth. Propelled by heavy distortion, anthemic piano chords, and lyrics soaked in nostalgia, the track doesn’t sugarcoat growing up. Instead, it throws you in the passenger seat of a 2AM joyride with the windows down and your heart in your throat.

“This one is quite literal,” says pianist Keenan Gregory. “It’s an anthem to our younger years, and being wild and free. The time we’ve spent playing music together has left its mark on each of us – it’s been formative.”

That sentiment pulses through every second of “Daredevil Youth.” The song opens with a defiant melodic hook, quickly joined by thundering guitars and a rhythm section that doesn’t let up. But it’s not just loud — it’s emotionally loud. It’s the kind of track that catches you in the gut, the kind that feels less like a performance and more like a release. A cathartic exhale for anyone who’s ever chased meaning through music, motion, or a moment that couldn’t last.

“There’s always a deep sense of honesty in what we write,” Keenan adds. “It’s important for us to speak from personal experience or tap into something real, and to be honest about where the emotion comes from.”

That honesty is what separates Forester from the pack. There’s no filter here—no gloss or pretense. “Daredevil Youth” doesn’t ask for permission to feel deeply or scream loudly; it just does. It rips open memory and lets the mess bleed into the music, unapologetically.

The sound is cinematic in its own gritty way—melodic piano lines cutting through the distortion like headlights on a deserted road, guitars snarling with unrestrained energy, drums that crash like a heartbeat caught in a moment of emotional free fall. And yet, the track never loses its sense of focus. It’s tightly constructed, expertly layered, and purposefully raw — a blend of chaos and craft that mirrors the very subject it explores.

Lyrically, “Daredevil Youth” conjures a world that feels both specific and universal — the first nights out, the heartbreaks that cracked you open, the friends who became family, the mistakes that somehow felt like triumphs. It’s about that liminal space between fear and freedom, where adrenaline and aching coexist. It’s the soundtrack to being too young to know better and too bold to care.

And at the core of it all is a band that knows exactly what they’re doing by letting go. Forester may have punk rock roots, but their music stretches well beyond genre — pulling from emo vulnerability, alternative hooks, and the kind of lyrical storytelling that only comes from lived experience. They make music for the long nights, for the scarred hearts, for the ones who feel too much and don’t know how to say it any other way.

“Daredevil Youth” is the first single from Forester’s upcoming project — a record shaped by years of playing together, growing apart, and finding their way back to the music that started it all. If this song is any indication, what’s coming next is loud, honest, and impossible to ignore.

In a world that often asks us to look forward, Forester dares to look back — not with regret, but with reverence for the wild, reckless beauty of becoming. “Daredevil Youth” is for anyone who remembers what it felt like to be unbreakable, even when you were falling apart.