New EP, “Pedestrals”, out on November 21st!
Blending alternative rock sounds, garage rock grit, and the expressive depth of blues, shoegaze, and melancholic rock, The Behaviour crafts brooding soundscapes that fit playlists for late-night drives, introspective reflection, and dark psych rock journeys. Fans of Queens of the Stone Age, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, All Them Witches, and My Bloody Valentine will find a familiar pulse in the project’s fuzz-drenched guitars, analog warmth, and emotionally layered vocals.
The project is led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Marshall Kilpatric, a seasoned drummer known for his work with bands such as The Esoteric and Kylesa. His career includes tours alongside Motörhead, Deftones, Chris Cornell, and The Smashing Pumpkins, and replacing Brann Dailor (later of Mastodon) in Today is the Day for their acclaimed double album “Sadness Will Prevail”. He also joined Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit)’s Black Light Burns before the release of their debut, replacing Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters). Kilpatric played on two albums—including the cover collection “Cover Your Heart”—and co-wrote their third, with tracks featured on the “Underworld” soundtracks.
With The Behaviour, Kilpatric steps into full creative control. More than a solo act, the project is a cathartic exercise in shadow work. Beneath its dark, melancholic surface lies an arc of redemption, healing, and transformation. Influenced by Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, and Pink Floyd, he crafts songs that echo with spiritual undertones and poetic intensity.
Speaking about the record, Marshall has said:
“The EP’s title, “PEDESTALS”, serves as a suitable overarching theme to this collection of songs. As defined, a pedestal can be a support or base for something or rather can be used to reference a situation in which someone or something is greatly or uncritically admired.
Through abstract metaphors and veiled allegory, allusions are prevalent to those loved, lost, or both in these songs. Some are cautionary tales of senses possessed, or energies revered one may seek and possibly find in themselves. Others are situational reflections, while finding meaning, hope, and strength in adverse environments or predicaments. Through them all, “PEDESTALS” is a poignant representation of recent times while simultaneously striving for timelessness in its sound, vision, and messages.
The Behaviour seeks to convey these themes to the listener with broad enough strokes for anyone to find something personal to hold onto, on their own, with only a gentle push in the right direction. Perhaps in doing so, they will discover their own pedestal to behold something cherished.”
The 2023 debut “A Sin Dance” earned acclaim from outlets like HONK Magazine and The Joy of Violent Movement. With three new singles and an EP arriving fall 2025 via Rexius Records, The Behaviour continues to evolve—inviting listeners into a space where darkness meets clarity, and noise becomes medicine.
(Photograph by Joe Miglionico)
