A few years ago, a group of kids from the Midwest linked up, grabbed their respective instruments, and defied all of the odds together…

Bands like ARCHERS don’t come along very often, emerging out of forgotten corners of the country and resonating with fans worldwide through sheer determination and unapologetic honesty. The Wisconsin-bred trio—Nathanael Pulley [vocals], Ben Koehler [guitar], and Grayson Mesarosh [drums]—have quietly carved a path of their own fueled by a hybrid of high-octane pit-splitting metalcore and magnetic melodies spiked with pop precision.

After amassing tens of millions of streams and selling out headline shows, ARCHERS take flight with a series of 2026 singles and their forthcoming debut for Fearless Records.

“Like many people, we’ve had to grind tooth and nail to get where we are,” observes Nathanael. “We have our own perspective because we didn’t start in the world of this industry; we had to break into it. We didn’t necessarily know any bands or have any ‘cool friends’ in the business. We just really wanted to do this. We may have come from the outside, but we’ve built a beautiful community to be a part of now.”

They built it one brick at a time too, beginning back in 2015. For their first half-decade together, the band fought to be heard, independently dropping 2015’s Cuts & Bruises and tracks like “The Hills.” Following a two-year break, they picked up momentum with “Bleed For This” and “Close To Me” as well as a plethora of shows. Stuck at home throughout 2020, “blackmarketmonkeymagic” cracked 1 million Spotify streams and powered the New Normal EP. Despite the distance, the boys made a lasting connection by livestreaming on social media at least once per week, pulling back the curtain on rehearsals, answering fan questions, hosting merch drops, and even simply hanging out. This engagement gave rise to what has become known as the “ARCHERS Assemble Super Soft Posting Group,” representing over 2,500-strong of the ARCHERS faithful.

“Back when we started, we emailed everyone under the sun and never heard anything back,” notes Ben. “We wanted this though, and we figured it out. For the first eight years or so, it was ‘us against the world’. Finally, it clicked.”

Welcoming Grayson to the fold in 2022, the lineup officially solidified. 2024’s All That I Have Left EP spawned the likes of “Drag Me Out,” “Stay This Sober,” and “Bitter.”  The latter eclipsed 10 million-plus streams and surged on TikTok—thanks to a string of “vocal-only” videos. Along the way, the collective booked tours and earned fan-voted slots on major festivals such as Louder Than Life and Blue Ridge Rock Fest. Beyond hitting the road with Asking Alexandria, From Ashes to New, and Magnolia Park, they packed houses on both sides of the pond as a headliner. Following 2025’s Temporary High EP, the band decamped to Los Angeles with producer Erik Ron and jumped into another sonic era. This time around, the musicians nodded to influences as diverse as The BAND CAMINO, Tate McRae, and The Plot In You. “We really locked down our sound,” says Nathanael. “It’s definitely ARCHERS.”

The single “The Dirt” unravels the intense push-and-pull of imposter syndrome across a seasick groove laced with skittering synths. The track’s distorted ebb and flow mirrors the emotional ups and downs encoded in lines like, “They tell me that I’ve lost it, ‘cause I got everything I wanted.” It climaxes on the raw and relatable refrain, “If I leave now, am I paying the price for a dream that I’d be leaving behind? If I never even left the dirt, can I really fall so hard it hurts?”

Grayson goes on, “You’re asking yourself, ‘If I took a long hard look at everything I’ve accomplished, will it be anything significant in the end?’ It’s the tried-and-true question, ‘Is this worth my time? Am I worth the effort?’ All of us have been doing this for so long. When you finally achieve a goal that you’ve been trying to get for so long, you can’t help but wonder, ‘After all of this, was it really worth it?’”

Ultimately, ARCHERS are architecting the kind of community we can all be a part of.

“When you hear us, I’d like for you to feel understood,” Nathanael leaves off. “I want you to hear the problems I’m talking about in my own life and think, ‘I deal with the same things.’ It’s how we connect.”

“Personally, I get a sense of connection from this,” Ben concurs. “I’m close with my bandmates, but our sense of connection extends to audiences through the music we make and the shows we play.”

BOILER

Bands like ARCHERS don’t come along very often, emerging out of forgotten corners of the country and resonating with fans worldwide through sheer determination and unapologetic honesty. The Wisconsin-bred trio —Nathanael Pulley [vocals], Ben Koehler [guitar] and Grayson Mesarosh [drums]—have quietly carved a path of their own fueled by a hybrid of high-octane pit-splitting metalcore and magnetic melodies spiked with pop precision. For their first half-decade together, the band fought to be heard, independently dropping 2015’s Cuts & Bruises and tracks like “The Hills.” They picked up momentum with “Bleed For This” and “Close To Me” as well as a plethora of shows. Stuck at home throughout 2020, “blackmarketmonkeymagic” cracked 1 million Spotify streams and powered the New Normal EP. Despite the distance, the boys made a lasting connection by livestreaming on social media at least once per week, pulling back the curtain on rehearsals, answering fan questions, hosting merch drops, and even simply hanging out. This engagement gave rise to what has become known as the “ARCHERS Assemble Super Soft Posting Group,” representing over 2,500-strong of their faithful. 2024’s All That I Have Left EP spawned the likes of “Drag Me Out,” “Stay This Sober,” and “Bitter”—which eclipsed 10 million-plus streams. Beyond hitting the road with Asking Alexandria, From Ashes to New, and Magnolia Park, they packed houses on both sides of the pond as a headliner. Following 2025’s Temporary High EP, the band decamped to Los Angeles with producer Erik Ron and jumped into another next sonic era. Now, ARCHERS take flight with a series of 2026 singles and their forthcoming debut for Fearless Records.