“No One Likes” is a song about being ambitious and following your passions, but slowly learning that the dream you’re chasing is someone else’s. It’s a song about fake motivations that eventually leaves you unhappy, even if you’ve achieved your goals. 

“I (Michael) wrote a sketch of this song in 2012, 9 years before recording this record, and had kept the demo on my phone ever since. It was relieving to finally turn the idea into a full song. The song’s structure is unconventional: no part repeats, yet the song is catchy and sticks. The lyrics took me a long time to write, but once I had the first line of the verse, the remaining words followed quickly. The breakdown at the end of the song is my favorite moment on the album.”

About the band 

(For fans of: Drug Church, Title Fight, Touche Amore, Betrayed)Bremen-based band Phantom Bay pairs hardcore punk with melodic hooks. Formed in spring 2020 by Michael Hanser (vocals, guitar), Laurin Rutgers (bass), and Yannic Arens (drums), the band is set to release their debut self-titled LP in early 2022 via Krod Records. Members of Phantom Bay were previously active in New Native, the Deadnotes, and Casually Dressed.