★★★★☆
The latest offering from Storm The Sky comes with a delectable array of multi genre treats to suggest there’s nothing on the scene right now that sounds quite like this.
The Melbourne-based ‘death-pop’ band’s new album is an intensely personal exploration of demon-wrestling and post-break-up resentment.
Opening with deep vocals and plenty of effects, ‘Second Best’ is a sexy little number, invoking electronic darkness in a captivating way. The bewitchment doesn’t waver as the record continues – several tracks deliver a great hybrid of screamo and hip hop, filled out by singer William Jarratt’s clever manipulation of classic emo lyrics with a new kind of distortion. Australian emo-synth has never sounded so good.
‘S.W.F.Y’ has a momentary punk feel – the use of distortion and echo on both vocals and guitar never becomes dull, instead rounding out all the other crazy things going on in the track, amounting to an assault on the senses (and not an unpleasant one at that).
It all culminates in a masterful collection from a rock band that’s incorporated the best kinds of music to form a wicked album. For the most part, Storm The Sky’s risk-taking has paid off.
Storm The Sky’sSin Will Find Youis out now on UNFD.
