Holding Absence are back with their first new music of 2023, and they continue to be one of the most fantastical assets to the current melodic post-hardcore surge.
Their new offering is called “A Crooked Melody” and feels like a culmination of their journey so far. Taking the monochrome atmosphere of their 2019 self-titled debut album and the screaming colour of 2021’s The Greatest Mistake Of My Life, they have reached a point where they are writing music that eclipses emotion altogether. As positively thrilling as it is wonderfully forward-thinking and unmistakably addictive, it’s yet another masterstroke in a series of masterstrokes.
Vocalist Lucas Woodland had this to say about it:
“A Crooked Melody is simply a song about denial. It’s the lie we tell ourselves every night to help us sleep, but deep down we know the truth. The big difference between a crooked melody and a lie, however, is that it’s sweet, enchanting and easier to swallow.”
Have a watch and listen below:
The band released a split EP called The Long And The Longing with close friends and labelmates Alpha Wolf last year via SharpTone Records.
Here’s the collaborative “Aching Longing”:
And here’s the delicate “Coffin”:
Holding Absence are going to be returning to the US as support for The Plot In You alongside Thornhill and Banks Arcade, starting this week.
- April 07 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
- April 08 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
- April 09 – Harrisburg, PA @ Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center
- April 11 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
- April 12 – London, ON @ London Music Hall
- April 14 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
- April 15 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground – Fillmore
- April 16 – Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
- April 18 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
- April 20 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
- April 21 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
- April 22 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
- April 24 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
- April 25 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room & Garage
- April 27 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
- April 28 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
- April 29 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
- April 30 – Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- May 02 – Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom
- May 03 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
- May 04 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
- May 06 – Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater
- May 07 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
- May 09 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
- May 10 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
- May 11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
- May 12 – St. Louis, MO @ The Old Rock House
- May 13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
