Taking a completely new direction from their past melodic hardcore albums, Hundredth set out to go in a new direction, creating songs that could be gropued into the Shougaze or the post-punk style, a sound similar to bands like Balance and Composure and such. The band has recieved some backlash with the singles that have been released, specially from the fans, but in many statements and comms the band has already said that they wanted to take this new direction, rather than playing it safe and creating another core album.
this whole marketing thing about them going away from “hardcore” to shoegaze should remind listeners of the Philly band Nothing. yet Hundredth are also taking a page from classic Swervedriver in terms of vocals. IMHO
I had to check a few times if it was the same band, what a drastic change. I’ll give it a chance though.
Why this album doens’t leak? FUCK!