{"id":2475,"date":"2017-04-19T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-while-she-sleeps-you-are-we\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:11:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:11:01","slug":"review-while-she-sleeps-you-are-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-while-she-sleeps-you-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0While She Sleeps – You Are We"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018You Are We’<\/i> bares two different meanings for While She Sleeps<\/b>. Their successful PledgeMusic campaign saw fans congregate to fund the Sheffield masters’ third album, helping them reach 100% in a matter of weeks. As a band who have always stressed the importance of the connection between artist and listener, this support showed the fans’ dedication is the beating heart of WSS<\/b>.<\/p>\n

It also alludes to the socially-conscious viewpoint WSS<\/b> have voiced throughout their career, from 2010’s debut EP \u2018The North Stands for Nothing’<\/i> through to 2015’s \u2018Brainwashed’<\/i>. Now, in a post-Brexit, post-Trump society, where fear and distrust dominates public opinion, \u2018You Are We’<\/i> is a global rallying call for unity.<\/p>\n

WSS<\/b> make no bones about their anti-establishment sentiment. “It’s only hate you preach and when we call for peace, you call it anarchy”<\/i>, Taylor yells on the title track, recalling scornful attitudes elites have displayed towards worldwide protest, while \u2018Silence Speaks’<\/i> contains an allegory to Brexit, stating a misled public proved that leading figures “can pollute our heads with the news”<\/i> and “manipulate the masses again”<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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The grit which has fuelled their past work makes the delivery of these messages more scathing, yet \u2018You Are We’<\/i> doesn’t just burn with anger. Instead, the development in anthems like \u2018Hurricane’<\/i> and \u2018Empire of Silence’<\/i>, demonstrate a grandeur that can’t be contained in club venues for much longer. Additional vocal work from guitarists Mat Welsh and Sean Long ensures there are plenty of sing-along sections which, in turn, provides a canvas for Taylor’s razor sharp screams to bounce off of, creating greater impact upon delivery.<\/p>\n

Anyone who has followed While She Sleeps<\/b> since \u2018TNSFN’<\/i> will recognise \u2018You Are We’<\/i> to be the next step in the band’s progression, but it’s also an album that a lot of newcomers will get plenty out of as well. Combining punk structures with an intensity that could only come from a hardcore background is the hallmark of WSS<\/b> songwriting, but they’ve upped their game massively here. And in a time of global distress, it’s truly great to see a band with community spirit reach out with a message of unity on one of the essential albums of 2017.<\/p>\n

5\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018You Are We’<\/i> by While She Sleeps<\/b> is released on 21st April on Sleeps Brothers<\/b>.<\/p>\n

While She Sleeps<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Andy Davidson (@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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