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Meet Guildford quintet\u00a0Follower<\/strong>. Formed less than a year ago, the alt-rock newcomers are already being labelled as “ones to watch” and it’s easy to see why. Their debut EP, ‘Against The Ropes’<\/em>, rides on a wave of soaring, emotive hooks with plenty of energy.<\/p>\n However, beyond its towering choruses and punchy delivery, ‘Against The Ropes’<\/em> is the result of its members facing personal issues; health struggles and individual regrets. In short,\u00a0Follower<\/strong> show plenty of maturity, despite it being early days for the five-piece.<\/p>\n Ahead of its release this Friday (March 22nd), the lads in Follower have given us a track-by-track account of the songs behind their debut EP.<\/p>\n Ollie (Moor – Guitar): ‘Fallen Down’ was one of the first tracks written for the EP and it was one of those songs that seemed to come out really quickly. I remember writing pretty much all the music for it in an evening – obviously this isn\u2019t always the case as there have been some songs that have taken years to get right, but this one came together very quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n Lyrically this song is about a condition I got diagnosed with a few years ago called \u2018Hyperacusis\u2019 which is when you have an increased sensitivity to sound resulting in everyday sounds becoming painful e.g. ringtones, plates clanging and worst of all, music. For the first few months of me having the condition, I didn\u2019t even know what it was because I hadn\u2019t yet been diagnosed and there was very little about it online. I then spent a lot of time locked in my room with earplugs in because pretty much every sound I could hear, caused me physical pain.<\/em><\/p>\nFallen Down<\/h2>\n