Coming from the suburbs of Northern Virginia, Treble Lifter has their roots planted firmly in post-hardcore with a bit of regular good ol\u2019 alternative rock thrown into the mix. Opening track \u201cWash It Down\u201d has some of the cleanest production values I\u2019ve ever heard and the vocals of Hendrik Osinga would have some people thinking about Page Hamilton of Helmet circa 1992. It\u2019s definitely a song that lovers of hardcore will love.<\/p>\n
The rest of the record doesn\u2019t necessarily follow the same path. \u201cHalf Full\u201d swings along more like your regular alt rock with harsher vocals. It\u2019s not bad but not as interesting as the title track, which is more driving and punishing. \u201cPulse\u201d takes a simpler task, but Hendrik\u2019s vocals and the overall power of the band really drive the song to an exciting conclusion, particularly the bass work of Andre Phillips. This song works well because it gives everyone a chance to show off a bit and still work together in a band setting.<\/p>\n
The closing two tracks breeze by at a rapid pace. \u201cBreadcrumbs For Lost Love\u201d starts off a bit like thrash\/speed metal but works like a Biohazard song \u2013 you know, the type of song you hear in a gang drama just before someone\u2019s about to get beatdown. It\u2019s the right type of aggression and musicianship that makes a song really work. The finale, \u201cStraight To The End\u201d feels like a good way to wrap up proceedings; it\u2019s a good enough track but just one that doesn\u2019t grab you by the throat until it decides to let go.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, this doesn\u2019t mean the end of this promising band. The world needs a lot more hardcore bands that are able to branch out and not just stick to the same formula over and over again. Maybe next time around, they\u2019ll be able to get a complete full length out and really blow everybody away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10305],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45519","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-treble-lifter","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45519"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}