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Despite leaving a number of longtime fans polarised, 2015’s \u2018Disobedient’<\/i> proved that Orange County hardcore masters Stick To Your Guns<\/b> couldn’t be confined to 300-capacity venues any longer. The signs had been there ever since 2010’s \u2018The Hope Division’<\/i>, but this was a significant step-up from the group Jesse Barnett founded in 2003.<\/p>\n

On a surface level, sixth full-length album \u2018True View’<\/i> goes about it’s business like any STYG<\/b> album would. It’s filled with pacey skate punk riffs, hardcore breaks and arena-ready choruses neatly compacted into three and a half minute bangers. But there’s a notable difference all around. A darker tone, and admissions of feeling helpless and lost seem like a far cry from the band who proclaimed to be the ones who stay awake because they still believe.<\/p>\n

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From the admission of selfish behavioural patterns on \u2018The Sun, The Moon, The Truth’<\/i> (“But you know my fucking game, say what I have to, to get what I need”<\/i>), to coming to terms with one’s mistakes and regrets on closer \u2018The Reach for Me’<\/i> (“And if I can’t forgive myself for the pain I’ve caused it will always haunt me”<\/i>), \u2018True View<\/i>’s search for personal redemption is lyrically difficult, but Barnett’s anthemic vocal melodies and raw screams are ablaze with the sincerity and purpose that the message needs.<\/p>\n

STYG<\/b>’s musicianship has also developed on this album, evolving from cartoon to Rembrandt landscape levels of detail and grandeur. Melodic passages in tracks like \u2018Married to the Noise’<\/i> and \u201856’<\/i> showcase their chorus writing at it’s highest standard, while \u2018Cave Canem’<\/i> and \u2018The Better Days Before’<\/i> allows all the emotional tension to build towards the end, before releasing it in avalanche sized breakdowns.<\/p>\n

\u2018True View’<\/i> isn’t a radical departure for STYG<\/b> so much as a continuation from \u2018Disobedient’<\/i>. But while the sound is typical of their back catalogue, a greater maturity and depth in its songwriting turns this from just another<\/i> Stick To Your Guns<\/b> record to being the<\/i> Stick To Your Guns<\/b> record. And audiences all over the world are quickly going to realise it.<\/p>\n

5\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018True View’<\/i> by Stick To Your Guns<\/b> is out now on Pure Noise Records<\/b>\/End Hit Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Stick To Your Guns<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Andy Davidson (@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite leaving a number of longtime fans polarised, 2015’s \u2018Disobedient’ proved that Orange County hardcore masters Stick To Your Guns couldn’t be confined to 300-capacity venues any longer. The signs had been there ever since 2010’s \u2018The Hope Division’, but this was a significant step-up from the group Jesse Barnett founded in 2003. 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