London rockers Sunsara are pushing through the static with their debut single, "Brave New World." is a call to arms, an anthemic unification of the pull between our technology-immersed solipsism and the gods-damned beautiful chaos of connection.
"Brave New World" is a brazen declaration of purpose and the unfiltered power of guitar-driven rock. The song explodes open to crunchy, electrifying riffs that hit like an electric jolt to the system, anchored by a rhythm section that throbs with unrelenting urgency. But the anthem-inflating choruses take the spotlight, perfect for pumping fists and shouting voices beneath festival skies.
Sunsara takes the plunge into a tech-driven dystopia, contemplating in phrasing what's been altered in the quiet shuffle of how screens have wired and re-wired our distance from each other into feeling-desensitized sub-humanity. But even in its dystopian colors, the song exudes an unmistakable joy and defiance, a whiff of the pure fire the band has been feeling for injecting life back into rock 'n' roll.
Sunsara introduces themselves and puts a flag on the ground. This is the sound of a young band ready to turn things inside out, determined to return the notion of a guitar band in the flesh to the vitality of songs that must be felt loud, live. Prepare to hear this anthem reverberating around festival fields and soon. Sunsara has shown up, though, and they're here to tell everyone that rock is not dead at all – it's merely been waiting on a band such as this to awaken the spark again.
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