{"id":97577,"date":"2024-11-15T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=97577"},"modified":"2024-11-15T01:49:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T01:49:34","slug":"review-heart-to-gold-free-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-heart-to-gold-free-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Heart To Gold &#8211; Free Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-96645\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heart of Gold free Help\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Heart-of-Gold-free-Help.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For some, including me,\u00a0<strong>Heart To Gold<\/strong> is a new band. However, on the evidence of <em>&#8216;Free Help&#8217;<\/em>, their third album, they&#8217;re a trio thriving having utilised time of the road to create a resonating and introspective set of songs.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Minneapolis,\u00a0<strong>Heart To Gold<\/strong> consists of vocalist and guitarist Grant Whiteoak, bassist Jim Kiser, and drummer\u00a0Blake Kuether. Formed in 2017, they&#8217;ve been fine-tuning their brand of explosive melodic and emotive punk. However,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Free Help&#8217;<\/em> considerably sees them stepping up a gear, branching out to deliver a larger, anthemic sound. This is partly achieved through the help of Will Yip. Straight away,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Surrounded&#8217;<\/em> and\u00a0<em>&#8216;TNT&#8217;<\/em> both thrive on distorted guitars, an energetic rhythm section, and soaring melodies.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt that <strong>H2G<\/strong> have found their footing in delivering big, guitar-driven moments such as\u00a0<em>&#8216;Mother Falcon&#8217; <\/em>and the jangly bursts of\u00a0<em>&#8216;Mostly&#8217;<\/em>. Yet it&#8217;s threaded together by Whiteoak&#8217;s introspective songwriting as he explores maturity and how the touring life has shaped him as a person.\u00a0<em>&#8216;Belonging (Slow)&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>pulls this into sharp focus with its harmonious, stripped-back pacing and lyrically longing of uncertainty. Likewise,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Can&#8217;t Feel Me&#8217;<\/em>, treads a narrative of experiencing the<em>&#8220;highest of<\/em> highs&#8221; and<em> &#8220;lowest of lows&#8221;<\/em> with melancholy seasoning and an overall powerful build. Later on,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Pandora&#8217;<\/em> melts with fuzzy guitars and lyrical uncertainty.\u00a0Even when they&#8217;re not reining things in, <em>&#8216;Get It Back&#8217;<\/em> sharply gallops, with its Midwest swaggering, maintains Grant&#8217;s self-doubts. Whereas\u00a0<em>&#8216;Blow Up The Spot&#8217;<\/em> sturdily thrives with\u00a0Kuether\u2019s punctuating drum work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Heart to Gold - Blow Up The Spot (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MIsMemdtaXU?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>\n<p>As a unit, Whiteoak, Kiser, and Kuether prove to be solid, and at times, versatile. The reflective narrative is complemented by a well-executed mix of melodic punk, arena rock, and 90s alt-rock. Closer,\u00a0<em>&#8216;#F&#8217;<\/em> dwells on ringing, drifting guitars, grounded percussion, and a steady bass line, brilliantly building to Whiteoak&#8217;s soaring note change, bringing a change of pace.<\/p>\n<p>Whether this is your first time hearing\u00a0<strong>Heart To Gold<\/strong>, or you&#8217;ve followed them for the past seven years, will find a lot to like about\u00a0<em>&#8216;Free Help<\/em>&#8216;<em>. <\/em>It has traces of a band comfortably expanding out from the lo-fi punk of 2022&#8217;s\u00a0<em>&#8216;Tom&#8217;<\/em>, utilising their melodic flair and pairing it with an almost fearless execution. Simultaneously, the three-piece doesn&#8217;t sacrifice the sense of community they&#8217;ve built through their DIY mindset. This results in a satisfying album that deserves plenty of repeated listens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Free Help\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6bV0iUlFpQBsCK9LJvOAe3?si=-Ff9sAjxTuaV3DO19sKdOw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Free\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><em>Help&#8217; <\/em>by<\/span><strong>\u00a0Heart To<\/strong> <strong>Gold<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Memory Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minneapolis trio step up with an impressive anthemic and introspective third full-length<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[17690],"class_list":["post-97577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-heart-to-gold"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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