Heavy Music of the Week is a characteristic on Heavy ipromiseyoumedia breaking down the highest steel, punk, and laborious rock tracks it’s worthwhile to hear each Friday. This week, the honour goes to The Black Pacific’s “I Suppose I’m Paranoid.”
Typically a reputation is merely a reputation, particularly in relation to music monikers. For example, Pennywise’s Jim Lindberg is properly conscious that something he places out — it doesn’t matter what the challenge known as — it’s gonna be in comparison with Pennywise. And he’s embracing it.
“I feel the knee jerk response can be to say all of it seems like Pennywise, however I wrote the music and lyrics for greater than half of each Pennywise album we made collectively after Jason [Thirsk] our bass participant handed away, so I feel it’s extra correct to say that Pennywise seems like me, not the opposite approach round!”
The Black Pacific is actually a songwriting car for Lindberg outdoors of the context of Pennywise — a band that hasn’t launched an album since 2018. Think about it an extension of Lindberg’s long-running, beloved punk band. A music like “I Suppose I’m Paranoid” might’ve been on any of their albums, however for no matter purpose, Lindberg didn’t suppose it was “proper” for Pennywise — as is the case for the opposite songs on The Black Pacific’s new album (and first LP in 14 years) HERE COMES OUR WAVE.
Lindberg is a grasp of melodic punk, as he reminds us right here, and pens lyrics that hit in a private and direct approach. The phrasing of the refrain — “I feel I’m paranoid / It’s one thing that I can’t keep away from” — is solely delectable, and for 3 minutes, the music opens that very same sonic portal that Pennywise at all times have. Fortunately Lindberg is content material with releasing his music whatever the nomenclature.
Honorable Mentions:
Amyl and the Sniffers – “Chewing Gum”
Amyl and The Sniffers are again on our HSOTW rundown after notching the highest spot with “U Ought to Not Be Doing That” again in late Might. Their newest single “Chewing Gum” is a little bit of a gradual burn by the Aussie act’s requirements, comparatively talking, using a gradual glam-rock association that results in a satiating payoff when Amyl’s literal bubblegum-pop refrain (“Life is brief, life is enjoyable / And I’m younger and so dumb / Caught on you, like a chewing gum”) turns into a repeating chorus that triggers a climactic guitar solo.
Seven Hours After Violet – “Radiance”
Seven Hours After Violet’s debut single and HSOTW honoree “Paradise” floored us with its harshness and depth. The second single “Radiance” is a little more restrained and aligns with the 2000s nu-metal aesthetic that permeates the challenge. There’s nonetheless large steel breakdowns and screamed vocals; nonetheless, the band balances these sections with instrumental breaks — that includes some Linkin Park-style sampling — and melodic clean-sung verses, indicative of the clever songcraft that Shavo Odadjian has carried over from his work in System of a Down.
Unto Others – “Momma Likes the Door Closed”
Unto Others embrace the camp on “Momma Likes the Door Closed,” from the Ghost-esque music title to the ’80s-metal flare of the association and accompanying music video. The band (beforehand referred to as Idle Fingers earlier than a reputation change) have actually been mining the Kind O Detrimental goth steel on their latest output, however this observe is extra rambunctious and assorted, with thrash breakdowns and an uptempo refrain that’s pure Danzig worship.
