{"id":89134,"date":"2019-08-29T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=89134"},"modified":"2024-09-29T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:59:00","slug":"review-hesitation-wounds-chicanery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-hesitation-wounds-chicanery\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Hesitation Wounds &#8211; Chicanery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"89134\" class=\"elementor elementor-89134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2818a8f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2818a8f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f3b2cf1\" data-id=\"5f3b2cf1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a07489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72a07489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-89166 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hesitation-Wounds-Chicanery-compressor-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hardcore\u2019s naturally incestuous nature means its difficult to really classify anything as a supergroup, but <b>Hesitation Wounds<\/b> would definitely come close. Touch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9\u2019s Jeremy Bolm as frontman is an immediately an easy sell, but alongside the alumni of Trap Them, The Hope Conspiracy and Gouge Away, the pedigree is certainly there. Alongside mixing from Kurt Ballou, it would appear that new album <i>\u2019Chicanery\u2019<\/i> has a lot going for it already.<\/p><p>And indeed, that\u2019s pretty much a spot-on assumption. This is the sort of vile, violent hardcore that honestly doesn\u2019t need much more of a description, but rides against its seething, powerviolence-inspired backdrop without wasting a second of its only twelve-minute runtime. It really does feel like every element is as sharp and concise as it could be; Bolm\u2019s vocals have a guttural snarl that simply isn\u2019t present in his main project, and placed against rampaging riffs and drums like on <i>\u2019Trending\u2019<\/i>, the rage and destructiveness couldn\u2019t be more palpable.<\/p><p><iframe title=\"Hesitation Wounds &quot;Paragons of Virtue&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVt1h7ZsJ54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p>The focus on that rage is almost single-minded throughout, and while that skirts into a danger zone of being borderline one-dimensional, that never really feels like an issue. The blistering, breakneck pace alone brings plenty of excitement, and with the venom-soaked lyrics in tow, <b>Hesitation Wounds<\/b> channel a brand of anger that feels incredibly contemporary while still having its primal execution. It\u2019s not exactly the most nuanced thing ever, but this sort of thing rarely is, and <i>\u2019Chicanery\u2019<\/i> still manages to have a hefty impact regardless.<\/p><p>It\u2019s why, even among a hardcore scene that can feel exceptionally crowded, <b>Hesitation Wounds<\/b> manage to tap into something great to make them a prospect, more than worthy of attention. It\u2019s alright as tight and well-constructed as they come, but factor in a genuine firepower at its core, and this is one that hardcore fans shouldn\u2019t miss at any cost.<\/p><p>4\/5<\/p><p><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2p4QVZeGJuDcTFBHyqAjOe?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><i>&#8216;Chicanery&#8217;<\/i> by <b>Hesitation Wounds<\/b> is released on 30th August on <b>Deathwish Inc.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Hesitation Wounds<\/b> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hesitationwounds.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hesitation-wounds.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p><p>Words by Luke Nuttall (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuttall_luke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nuttall_luke<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hesitation Wounds channel a brand of anger that feels incredibly contemporary while still having its primal execution&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":89166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,17525,613,3482,15029],"class_list":["post-89134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-chicanery","tag-deathwish-inc","tag-hesitation-wounds","tag-luke-nuttall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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