UK alt-rock/emo outfit Guillotine have returned after six years away. With a new line-up in place, the Southern-based band have shared two new songs, ‘Does It Make You Feel’ and ‘Half As Bright’.
Capturing the emotive yearn of bands such as Manchester Orchestra, ‘Does It Make You Feel’ sees the quintet deliver a pensive track with ringing guitars and soaring vocals. ‘Half As Bright’ serves as a punchier offering yet with vocals that hit as raw. The use of atmosphere gives way to a riveting and impassioned finale.
Commenting on the two new tracks, the band shared:
“These songs are from a place of painful nostalgia. A yearning for a time that was, whilst knowing that given the opportunity, you’d never return to it.
Everything felt about that time is there in the songs.
There is an optimism there. These songs are not a sob-story.
They’re not a eulogy, but a reminder to always be grateful, never taking anything precious for granted.
We’ve all loved and we’ve all lost.
It doesn’t have to be the end, it just has to be different. It has to be better.
We’ll Be OK Here.”
Guillotine first emerged in late 2016 through a mysterious campaign of intriguing e-mails and social media posts. Their debut EP, ‘Sapphire,’ was released in February 2017. They would follow it with a three-track EP called ‘Weakness’ the next year, before going on hiatus in 2019.
