Dying Habit is a band that knows where it comes from, a band that understands, and indeed, embraces rock’s past rather than tries to run it out. The result is an alternative strain of music that blends forward-thinking modernity and sonic adventure with echoes of everything from post-punk edge and grunge weight to hard rock grooves and occasional indie moves.
And so, what we find with their latest album,There Is No Sky, is an amalgam of all the best bits of rock and roll, refitted and brought up to speed, music made fit for purpose for the modern age.
Take the opening salvo, “Everything in Reverse,” a dark and delicious way to kick off, a blend of grunge-infused weight and more deftly intricate interludes, a balance of power and poise, retaining all the things that makes the rock genre so effective in the first place – groove and grit, muscle and melody but adding touchs of artistry and sonic introspection.
If “Run to the Beehive” shows that the band can write songs that brush up against the edges of more metallic sounds, “Three Letter View” finds them entering indie-rock territory. “Centuries,” for me, is a particular high point, dynamic, shot through with touches of old school metal, and “Divulsion” subtly tips its hat to the progressive rock world as it evolves from understated seduction to anthemic highs, and a trick it repeats many times.
The trappings of rock remain largely unchanged since its seventies golden age, but that isn’t to say it shouldn’t move with the times, shuffle the deck, and deftly reinvent itself every few years. And Dying Habit is a band that clearly understands this.
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