Carrying Torches makes a great sound. “Opening Up” is one of those songs that proves that the band understands that you can gather everything you need from the established genres, but then merge the best elements of each into something new, something that moves with the times, something that feels oddly familiar yet wonderfully fresh.
Sure, you can spot the silhouettes of rock’s swagger, pop’s accessibility, and indie’s effortless cool all balancing each other, but the band isn’t interested in serving those styles straight. Instead, they cherry-pick the finest traits from each—then discard the obvious and the comfortable, the mediocre and mainstream.
Rock gives them the weight and purpose, pop delivers the immediacy, and indie brings the smarts—but Carrying Torches never falls for the usual traps. There’s no bloated bravado or sonic swagger, no hipster posturing, no sugar-rush superficiality. Instead, “Opening Up” feels like a blueprint for a new musical language—one that’s equal parts anthemic and authentic, stylish but sincere.
Call it genre-less, call it timeless, call it whatever you want—but I call it as I see it: a future classic in waiting. All it needs is a little room to roam, a bit of time to filter into the bloodstream of modern music culture, and time to marinade in the popular consciousness.
Don’t worry, they can wait for you to catch up and get with the program. Their program.
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