solace

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The bristle of pain has a key. A resonance, some type of tangy frequency that just seems oddly saccharine before it's icy burning bitterness. solace understand this. The New York based outfit explore this concept with oh so vulnerable abandon on their debut self-titled 3 song EP.

It cannot be understated how little time this EP wastes getting to the point. “only wednesday” honors no silence other than the vacuum between play being pressed and the immediate anguished convergence hitting your ears. A short melodic pluck, then the vocals, shrill and crisp, occasionally approaching but balking before a black metal infused howl, careen into shreddy wall of sound guitars licks and terse snappy drumming. Think Knumears listening to an awful lot of Ampere. A short and sweet build up bursts straight into the songs closing moments of joined screams and buzzsaw riffs.

“i watched you die” rocks back and forth hastily shredding throat, feet and tom. Even in their slower more demure moments solace still manages to utterly crush in so much intensity, you'd think that some gravity would begin to exert itself. In a manner of speaking it still manages to as the impactful push and pull noodling plays call and response to the vocal work, guttural based undulating like a hissed gurgle caught in your throat.

It's a rare treat when you hear something so utterly enjoyable (you know what I mean), that you actually can keep it on loop for a good long while and not get tired of it. We've been looping this one quite a bit over here and I can say with absolute certainty that this is one of my favorite new projects of the year. “solace” is now available for streaming everywhere.

Checkout their Bandcamp here : solace

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Editor : @just_reidz

02/19/24