{"id":76991,"date":"2019-03-06T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=76991"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:24:52","slug":"review-holding-absence-holding-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-holding-absence-holding-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Holding Absence – Holding Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HoldingOver the years, there have been many bands we’ve pinned our hopes and expectations of “breaking through”. While some have been and gone without a whimper, others have disappointed. Yet from hearing the self-titled full-length from Holding Absence<\/strong>, you get the feeling the Welsh quintet are on the brink of becoming something special.<\/p>\n

Even though “hype” about HA<\/strong> has been high for the best part of a year, the wait for an album has paid off. ‘Holding Absence’<\/em> proves to be a cathartic, and at times, empowering collection of rock songs with cinematic results. There are considerably three factors that makes ‘Holding Absence’<\/em> a stunning record; its instrumentation, its lyrical ebb and flow and vocalist Lucas Woodland’s delivery.<\/p>\n

On past releases, HA<\/strong> have established an effective and bold style. Nevertheless, these 11 songs have sonically taken things to a whole other label. With a more assured lineup, songs such as ‘Like A Shadow’<\/em> and ‘Last Of The Evening Light’<\/em> thrive with sonic density and adrenaline. Each member gets their chance to shine, especially drummer Ashley Green who dominates on ‘To Fall Asleep’<\/em>. While guitarists Scott Carey and Chris <\/span>Smitheram, along with bassist James Joseph, <\/span>provide a punch to the gut on <\/span>‘Monochrome’<\/em>.<\/p>\n