Stay Out Shares How Touring Rebuilds Family

Your turn: send us your take or suggest a topic Home is supposed to be where you recover. For a lot of us, it’s where we learned to brace for impact. We’re joined by Grant, Mason, and Nate from Stay Out to talk about their new album Broken Homes and the lived experiences that shaped it, from growing up around divorce, emotional chaos, and constant tension to trying to build something healthier as an adult. We get into how touring young can flip your perspective fast. Grant talks about leaving at 17 and seeing other families up close, then realizing how much he had normalized back home. Nate shares what it’s like to carry adult emotions as a kid, and how punk shows, bikes, skateboards, and making music with friends became a lifeline. We also dig into why the punk and DIY music community can feel like real family, the kind that feeds you, lets you crash, and shows up even when nobody has money. Song talk goes deep. “No Escape” hits the trapped feeling of needing to get out, not just from a town, but from a toxic household you can’t control. “City Lights” brings the nostalgia, the melancholy, and that strange anthem energy that still feels like hope. Along the way we lighten things up with coffee obsession, cannabis culture, a little music news (including Frank Beard and Bonnaroo), and the kind of side stories only a long hang can produce. If Broken Homes speaks to you, share this with a friend who needs it, and please subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what song or lyric you’re replaying most right now. Visit: Clogsfearus.com for more info! https://www.popcultureretrospective.com/ https://www.instagram.com/popcultureretrospective/ Support the show Enjoyed this episode? Share it with one music fan. Watch video episodes on YouTube Explore episodes and guests Send us your music story or episode suggestion Follow our Instagram Starting a podcast? Try Buzzsprout through our referral link.