We know this path. Know it like the back of our hands, that shake along to grinding teeth in sync with weary legs and a fuzzy head, but we can't stop this. So we play our parts with all the strength that we can. Wading
through endless - how are you?- 's with smiles and nods and - Yeah, I'm good cheers. Yourself? - then on to the next one. It's been a long year. It's been a long few years. I hear that laugh. The pitch and tone that carried us through Paris, Prague, Cardiff, Riga and Rome, to the beds we shared in London in the flats that we called home. But it leaves a mark. We are hair triggers. Shadows of our former selves, shells of withered figures. We are prisoners. We are killers. We are constant over thinkers. But how would they know, when the face they see you wear is not your own? How would they know, when every inch of me that they once knew is gone? How would they know?
I generally appreciate the album by album move away from hardcore towards extreme metal. Yet for me personally, this is where the balance is perfect. Kind of like Metallica's Ride the Lightning: subsequent albums were more sophisticated and complex, yet less intense, too. Great to come back to, again and again. jornfin
Awesome psychedelic sludgy metal with some post-metal influences that build and morph often enough to stay fresh throughout each of the lengthy runtimes. Highly recommended for anyone looking for some psych-tinged sludgy goodness! Colin M.
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021
It's hard to describe why I love this album so much. It's just perfect in every way. Every track is so spectacular, but Knives and it's build up to that spectacular heavy part just takes the cake. Fantastic album from a fantastic band that needs to get back together. whatwasallthisfor