{"id":95488,"date":"2024-02-08T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=95488"},"modified":"2024-02-08T20:26:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:26:16","slug":"higher-power-nuclear-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/higher-power-nuclear-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Power Join Nuclear Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds alt-rockers\u00a0<strong>Higher Power<\/strong> have joined the\u00a0<strong>Nuclear Blast<\/strong> roster.<\/p>\n<p>Having formed in the Yorkshire city a decade ago, the quintet&#8217;s sound has evolved from hardcore punk to one reminiscent of 90&#8217;s alt-rock. As evident on their new single, &#8216;<em>Absolute Bloom&#8217;<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Higher Power\u00a0<\/strong>embrace florescent grungy guitars with vibrant melodies.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m super excited to release this song,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<strong>Higher Power<\/strong> vocalist Jimmy Wizard commented. <em>&#8220;It\u2019s really personal to me in this transitional period of my life, about wanting a deeper more meaningful connection to the real world and not quite being equipped to do so, but finding hope and figuring it out. The music reflects that with a song that&#8217;s so big and upbeat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently on tour in the US supporting\u00a0<strong>Neck Deep<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Higher Power<\/strong> are set to appear at Glasgow&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Northern Unfest<\/strong> in April, followed by a return to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/outbreak-fest-2024-dec15\/\"><strong>Outbreak Festival<\/strong><\/a> in late June.<\/p>\n<p>April<br \/>\n27th Northern Unfest, Glasgow<br \/>\nJune<br \/>\n28th Jun-30th Outbreak Festival, Manchester<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"HIGHER POWER - Absolute Bloom (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XSrbyBl7L4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leeds group have also shared a melodically vibrant and grungy new single.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[573],"class_list":["post-95488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-higher-power"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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