Q&A: Breaking Benjamin’s Keith Wallen — New Solo Single Out Now

**Keith Wallen is a prolific songwriter responsible for soaring melodies and hypnotic hooks heard across modern rock radio. The West Virginia-born troubadour uses his solo work as a vehicle to explore his multifaceted passions, moving seamlessly from the smart pop of 1980s favorites like [The Police](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iOyrvRfyA) and Depeche Mode to the big moody riffs of 1990s grunge heroes like [Alice In Chains](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iUyT-nUF5y0), Soundgarden, and [Stone Temple Pilots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_8iT8GXvD4)**.

Keith Wallen’s co-writing collaborations include compositions with **Saint Asonia, Fuel, We Came As Romans, Red, [Dorothy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi9BxHRw0V4), [Wes Cage](https://paltrocast.com/f/wes-cage-on-the-wolf-mma-new-film-projects-blasko-more?blogcategory=Interviews), and [Korn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWUXc73R3-0) guitarist Brian “Head” Welch’s Love And Death. A former member of Adelitas Way, Keith was among his first calls when Benjamin Burnley decided to reform and reconfigure [his band](https://paltrocast.com/f/video-disturbed-breaking-benjamin-jinjer-live-at-jones-beach)*. Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin’s powerhouse comeback, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. Ember *followed in 2018.

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Wallen’s self-produced acoustic and piano-driven Allies EP arrived in 2014. His debut solo album, 2021’s This World Or The Next, featured “Dream Away,” a song streamed 1.4 million times on Spotify alone. His second solo album, ***Infinity Now*, includes production and co-writing contributions from Kevin Thrasher (RIVALS, Jelly Roll) and work with Dan Braunstein (Spiritbox, Dayseeker) and Andrew Baylis (Sleeping With Sirens, Jelly Roll, Brantley Gilbert). Produced by Kevin Thrasher and mixed by Joel Wanasek (Rain City Drive, **Scott Stapp**), the LP was released last year via Rise Records, as featuring “Blackout,” “Strings,” and first single, “Headspace Holiday.”

The latest single from Keith Wallen as a solo artist is “Us Against The World.” In May 2025, I had the pleasure of speaking with Wallen again via Zoom, as embedded above and airing via the Long Beach, New York-based Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz **television series; our February 2024 conversation, prior to the release of Infinity Now, is embedded below. More on all things Keith Wallen can be found [here](https://keithwallen.com/)**.

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