High Vis - "Blending" LP
High Vis were formed in 2016 from the ashes of some of the UKâs best hardcore bands. Gold-toothed frontman Graham Sayleâs anguished lyrics about life in working class Britain were familiar to fans of Tremorsâ full-throttle thrash, but alongside his former bandmate Edward âSkiâ Harper and veterans of Dirty Money, DiE and The Smear, High Vis sought to transform that energy and intensity into something entirely new.
Like scene-mates Chubby and the Gang did by pulling in unlikely source material from classic doo-wop or Micromoon have by combining everything from psychedelia and metal into their high potency mix, High Visâ 2019 debut album, No Sense No Feeling showed the band were never going to be constrained by any sense of genre rules or regulations. Its claustrophobic rattle bore traces of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Crisis, The Cure and Gang Of Four lurking in the shadows. 2020âs synth-driven EP, Society Exists, was further evidence of the bandâs restless creative MO.
High Visâ second album Blending sees them open their viewfinder wider than ever before. Alongside longstanding favourites such as Fugazi and Echo and The Bunnymen; Ride and even Flock Of Seagulls were shared reference points as the band worked on the album together.
From the anthemic sweep of opener âTalk For Hoursâ, through the title trackâs psychedelic swirl and âFever Dreamââs baggy groove, it sees High Visâ sound blossoming into something with an unlimited richness. The hazy drift of âShameâ or the melodic jangle of âTrauma Bondsâ may take them until uncharted waters, but they still have all the power and bite that made No Sense No Feeling so remarkable.
Lyrically, the album represents another leap forward too. Talking frankly about poverty, class politics, and the challenges of everyday life, Sayleâs lyrics have always addressed the downtrodden and discarded communities across Britain slipping below the waterline. This time around, Sayleâs lost not of that social consciousness, but heâs looked at himself and his own emotional landscape, and in the process created something that feels more universal, that reaches a hand-out to people and ultimately gives a message of hope.
Track Listing:
1. Talk For Hours
2. 0151
3. Out Cold
4. Blending
5. Trauma Bonds
6. Fever Dream
7. Morality Test
8. Join Hands
9. Shame
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High Vis were formed in 2016 from the ashes of some of the UKâs best hardcore bands. Gold-toothed frontman Graham Sayleâs anguished lyrics about life in working class Britain were familiar to fans of Tremorsâ full-throttle thrash, but alongside his former bandmate Edward âSkiâ Harper and veterans of Dirty Money, DiE and The Smear, High Vis sought to transform that energy and intensity into something entirely new.
Like scene-mates Chubby and the Gang did by pulling in unlikely source material from classic doo-wop or Micromoon have by combining everything from psychedelia and metal into their high potency mix, High Visâ 2019 debut album, No Sense No Feeling showed the band were never going to be constrained by any sense of genre rules or regulations. Its claustrophobic rattle bore traces of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Crisis, The Cure and Gang Of Four lurking in the shadows. 2020âs synth-driven EP, Society Exists, was further evidence of the bandâs restless creative MO.
High Visâ second album Blending sees them open their viewfinder wider than ever before. Alongside longstanding favourites such as Fugazi and Echo and The Bunnymen; Ride and even Flock Of Seagulls were shared reference points as the band worked on the album together.
From the anthemic sweep of opener âTalk For Hoursâ, through the title trackâs psychedelic swirl and âFever Dreamââs baggy groove, it sees High Visâ sound blossoming into something with an unlimited richness. The hazy drift of âShameâ or the melodic jangle of âTrauma Bondsâ may take them until uncharted waters, but they still have all the power and bite that made No Sense No Feeling so remarkable.
Lyrically, the album represents another leap forward too. Talking frankly about poverty, class politics, and the challenges of everyday life, Sayleâs lyrics have always addressed the downtrodden and discarded communities across Britain slipping below the waterline. This time around, Sayleâs lost not of that social consciousness, but heâs looked at himself and his own emotional landscape, and in the process created something that feels more universal, that reaches a hand-out to people and ultimately gives a message of hope.
Track Listing:
1. Talk For Hours
2. 0151
3. Out Cold
4. Blending
5. Trauma Bonds
6. Fever Dream
7. Morality Test
8. Join Hands
9. Shame