{"id":68185,"date":"2018-08-23T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=68185"},"modified":"2018-08-23T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T13:17:45","slug":"review-panicwolf-paralyse-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-panicwolf-paralyse-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Panicwolf – Paralyse EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PanicWolf\"Formed in 2013, Atlanta-based band Panicwolf <\/strong>admit it hasn\u2019t been easy getting off the starting blocks. Debut EP \u2018Paralyse<\/em>\u2019 is the result of sporadic writing sessions and numerous stops-and-starts. As you\u2019d hope with songs they\u2019ve been chewing over for a good four years, there isn\u2019t an ounce of gristle.<\/p>\n

Despite describing themselves as “hardcore”,\u00a0Panicwolf<\/strong> have a sound that isn\u2019t spontaneous or crazed, it\u2019s varied, thoughtful and more of a calculated assault. Beginning with \u2018Sink<\/em>\u2019, everything feels solid. A rousing yell fades in, instruments slowly enter, the whole song builds to a satisfying clean-yet-gritty hook. It\u2019s an effective opener, but it doesn\u2019t prepare you for what comes next. \u2018Bury Me<\/em>\u2019 sees the band flexing their creative muscles, then punching you in the face with a mix of power and clever melody.<\/p>\n

Luke Stevens has the type of throaty yell favoured by bands like Norma Jean. Similarly, the way he wrings melody from the lyrics is impressive. Interplay with second vocalist (and drummer) Collin Bennett is the band\u2019s real secret. The two voices thread together finding or forcing hooks from each other. It\u2019s brilliant, akin to ‘Define the Great Line’<\/em>-era Underoath. Similarly, guitarist Patrick Lowry draws on Underoath\u2019s sound, however, his stripped-down single guitar attack is more ruthless, keenly natural, explosive or indeed dissonant.
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/DFHaSUGgQXc<\/p>\n

Despite walking this similar path, especially on \u2018Na<\/em>\u00efvety<\/em>\u2019, \u00a0Panicwolf <\/strong>never become imitators. Just listen to \u2018Misery<\/em>\u2019, which opens like a car crash of rabid staccato thumps and off-meter squealing guitars, then throws in riffy chorus for good measure; you can\u2019t help but grin.<\/p>\n

Okay, the fade-out at the end of \u2018Demon Speak<\/em>\u2019 is so rapid it sounds like someone leant on the volume knob, but throughout you can\u2019t fault the EP\u2019s sound. Transitions land with just<\/em> the right amount of thump proving Lee Rouse and Joshua Landry handled the production with aplomb.<\/p>\n

‘Paralyse’<\/em> took a while to see the light of day, but that hasn\u2019t dimmed its potential.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Paralyse’<\/em>\u00a0EP by Panicwolf<\/strong> is released on 24th August on Pale Chord Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Panicwolf<\/strong> links:\u00a0Facebook<\/a> |\u00a0Twitter<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Ian Kenworthy (@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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