Sorry Holly’s new album, Use Your Heart, arrives like a lightning bolt in the post-punk wilderness, an unvarnished, emotively experimental suite that is as cathartic as it is spellbinding. Clocking in at just over 33 minutes, this electrifying trio’s 12-perfect tracks don’t waste any time pulling you into their world of melancholic nostalgia and visceral reflection.
A mix of melancholic songs with driving rhythms that express the tension between vulnerability and grit, Use Your Heart opens with bloody and plaintive melodies, memories of anxiety attacks and bittersweet memories of lost love echoing. Tracks such as “Lost and Found” and the title song “Use Your Heart” are the album’s standouts each a blend of lyricism and instrumentation like unto its own. “Lost and Found” catches fire with its aching vocals and knife-crisp riffs, while “Use Your Heart” throbs with unvarnished urgency, capturing the heart of the album’s message: feel deeply, even when it hurts.
Over its closely cropped runtime, Use Your Heart unfurls like a confessional diary of self-doubt, longing and resilience. Sorry Holly As an artist, the ability to transmute personal tragedy into universal relatability isn't something that can be learned which makes Sorry Holly's instinct to draw listeners in with the emotional heft is utterly remarkable, given the way their blend of lush, brooding soundscape meets dynamic energy.
From start to finish, Use Your Heart cements Sorry Holly’s status as torchbearers for modern post-punk. It’s a visceral event that requires your full attention and your heart.
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