Worry is an apt title for this debut from Canvas, who meld thundering hardcore with searing post-rock atmospherics. The Bedfordshire five-piece have tapped into the bleak mentality of a heavily burdened mind, performing an emotionally charged lyrical post-mortem on paranoia and nagging tensions. If opener Stay A While perfectly captures that quiet moment when you try to sleep but the mind just won’t switch off, then the panic-stricken Low is the equivalent of waking up from a nightmare drenched in cold sweat. ‘Trapped in my mind with my thoughts for company,’ roars Ricky Clarke, a man who sounds like he’s trying to outrun himself on The Death Of Us. ‘I want to decay, forget my name.’ From start to finish, Worry is an uncomfortable piece of introspection that sounds knotty, desperate and wired with anxiety.
Canvas - Worry album review
Expansive, anxiety-ridden post-hardcore from British debutantes
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Danniii Leivers writes for Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, The Guardian, NME, Alternative Press, Rock Sound, The Line Of Best Fit and more. She loves the 90s, and is happy where the sea is bluest.
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