Your Demise are undoubtedly the shining lights in the UK
hardcore scene at the moment, and after an awesome outing with their previous
record “The Kids We Used To Be”, their latest release had a lot to live up to.
At first, it feels like they miss the mark a little, but as
the album develops, and the sound grows on you, the band seem to stride into a
comfort zone which once more sets them out as the band to beat in this country
when it comes to this kind of music.
As the title track sets things off, it is the following
These Lights which show them at perhaps their most accessible and commercial,
but by the time the album hits its middle segment, it gets back to what they do
best; anthemic hardcore with slight melodic tendencies. Forget About Me and a
riotous I’m (Not) The One (featuring letlive. Frontman Jason Butler) set in as
two highlights; the latter packing a huge punch and one of the most bad @$$
riffs you will hear all year.
Never A Dull Moment follows, and once more sees them touch
on their more melodic tendencies for a real anthemic track, backed with the
gang vocals fans have come to expect from them.
It might not be as consistent as it could be, but this is
still another cracking outing for the Your Demise boys, firmly throwing down
with an unrelenting and powerhouse sound, which they honed in the live
environment.
The album may ebb and flow, but this is another sterling effort,
and sees the band once more blur the boundaries of what British hardcore can
be. It is the inclusion of the pop tendencies, juggernaut riffs, guttural
vocals and some excellent guest spots, which makes this something unique and
another fine outing for Your Demise. Of the guest spots, Butler’s cameo is
majestic, and Josh Franceschi of You Me At Six fame contributes a cracking
vocal towards the end of the record. Elswhere, Evarose’s Dannika Webber and
Down To Nothing/Terror’s David Wood lend a hand too.
It may not make them superstars, but it cements their position
as the finest UK band in this scene.
7.5/10
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