New Forms
Photo Cred 📸: Mikko K
2019 certainly wasn't a year we thought would be the last of a then unproclaimed era. Now we have so many different monikers all trying to say the same thing. The Before Times, Pre-Covid, Pre-Pandemic and so on and so on. None of us could have suspected what would happen the following year, a life changing stretch of time that kicked off in March of 2020 which gave us little time to digest much of what had occurred a year prior.
Somewhere in the murk of 2019, New Forms became a band and in December of that year dropped their debut EP, “I don’t want to live my life again” and it was good. Really good. Many of us were excited by what the band had to offer and were looking forward to more. However, with the advent of what was happening to the world, the band took a step back from performing, choosing instead to hone and evolve their sound. Now shy of four years since the EP, New Forms return to us with a new single, “The Hidden One”.
The band’s reoriented lineup hides behind a touch of obfuscation and though presented as a mystery to what the band has in the works, this single comes through as strongly as their previous work had. In classic fashion, the song is short, saccharine in its heaviness, and utilizes its minute length to the fullest. Whirling drumming rounds out coarse shouts as crushing guitars and surging bass lines thrum and bounce to build up into an explosive build up and release. In the bands own words:
“The Hidden One, put simply, is about growing up. Every person’s history is entirely unique and theirs alone. As we age, we carry with us emotions that are tied to memories which we choose to hold onto and others we need to let go of. Shifting from childhood to adulthood is a complex and ongoing process of changes and challenges that sets the stage for the rest of a person’s life.”
Boasting members of Youth Funeral, Reveries and Casper Elgin (to name a few) the band's pedigree shines through in their cohesive and powerful brand of Emoviolence. Make sure to give the single a listen below and catch them if you can at This Is Emoviolence, put on by our beloved Illuminate My Heart Records, on May 13th in Providence, Rhode Island at AS220.
