Catharsis is a potent term. One that within it holds malice, angst and spite in equal measure and then ties all three together with an emotionally charged bow. Bands have been trying to engage with and incorporate the essence of catharsis in their music for many years now and it’s a trend that doesn’t look like it will be stopping any time soon. One of the latest to give it a good old go is Banbury-based sons I Cried Wolf who, with their debut EP ‘Hollow Heart’, are looking to release chaos upon the world in the only way they know how.
From it’s frenzied beginnings to it’s bludgeoning ends, ‘Hollow Heart’ skips between many different areas of heaviness. I Cried Wolf have taken influence from every corner of their iTunes library and come out the other end with something that is wholly individual. Opener ‘Scratching My Head With Ink’ pulls together Every Time I Die-esque grooves with British cheekiness, while ‘Massokiss Me’ spasms and crashes with chandelier-swinging aggression and laddish intentions.