Blending - Vinyle Vert Translucide

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THE 2ND ALBUM FROM THE ENGLISH HARDCORE BAND A POWERFUL-SOUNDING RECORD FEATURING PSYCHEDELIC SWIRLS, EXTRA-LARGE GROOVES, AND MELODIC JANGLE FOR FANS OF CHUBBY AND THE GANG, OASIS, IDLES, GANG OF FOUR, FONTAINES D.C., THE STONE ROSES, THE CURE (EARLY), BAUHAUS, FUGAZI High Vis formed in 2016 from the ashes of some of the UK's best hardcore bands. Frontman Graham Sayle's gold-toothed, angst-ridden lyrics about working-class British life will be familiar to fans of Tremors' frenetic thrash, but alongside former bandmate Edward 'Ski' Harper and veterans of Dirty Money, DiE, and The Smear, High Vis sought to transform that energy and intensity into something entirely new. Like their stage mates, Chubby and the Gang, did by drawing on the improbable sources of classic doo-wop, or as Micromoon did by combining everything from psychedelic to metal into an overpowering blend, High Vis's debut album, No Sense No Feeling (2019), showed that the band would never be limited by any genre boundary. Its claustrophobic scrap metal sound bore traces of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Crisis, The Cure, and Gang Of Four lurking in the shadows. High Vis's second album, Blending, allows them to open their vision wider than ever before. In addition to long-time favorites like Fugazi and Echo and The Bunnymen, Ride and even Flock Of Seagulls were common reference points while the band worked on the album together. From the anthemic opener "Talk For Hours," through the psychedelic swirl of the title track and the extra-large groove of "Fever Dream," High Vis's sound blossoms into a work of limitless richness. The hazy drift of "Shame" or the melodic jangle of "Trauma Bonds" may take them into uncharted waters, but they still have the power and bite that made No Sense No Feeling so remarkable. Lyrically, the album also represents another leap forward. Speaking frankly about poverty, class politics, and the challenges of everyday life, Sayle's lyrics have always spoken to Britain's oppressed, rejected, and invisible communities. This time, Sayle hasn't lost that social consciousness, but he has looked inward, at his own emotional landscape, and has created something that feels more universal, reaching out to people and ultimately delivering a message of hope: we shouldn't resign ourselves to thinking that our social background prevents us from being what we want to be. It's a message of vital importance and one that could be the motto not only of Blending, but of High Vis themselves.