Wren Post “No Seance” Video
However loud you have the volume, you’re going to want it to be louder. UK post-sludge crushers Wren demand nothing less than a hyperbole assult. If it’s not doing physical, possibly irreversible damage, then you’re not quite there yet. Keep going.
You get the point.
Wren will release their second standalone EP, Host (review here), via Holy Roar Records on April 29. It is their second four-tracker behind a 2014 self-titled (review here) and also follows a 2015 split with Irk (review here) as the latest installment documenting the band’s solidification of lineup and aesthetic. As “No Seance,” the track from Host for which you can view the new video below, demonstrates, they’ve clearly done a lot of hammering out at this point.
And by that I mean the rhythm of the song feels like it’s hammering your skull. Or it should, when played at the proper volume.
But as “No Seance” also shows, Wren are not a creature of lurch and crush. Maddeningly catchy in its hook, “No Seance” is also representative of Host in its commitment to establishing an atmosphere and mood, building tension as it moves through its five-minute course. If nothing else, I take this as a sign that, should they continue on in this form — and hey, who knows, right? — Wren are decidedly ready to take on the task of a debut full-length. They pretty much beat the doors down on one, actually. They have some shows coming up in the UK over the next month-plus, heading into and following the release, and I don’t know if they’ll do any wider touring or go back to writing or both or neither, but not only do they show there’s still life and room to progress in something that might be called post-metallic, but they do so while sounding like genre isn’t a consideration in the slightest. Awesome.
Enjoy the creepy weirdo vibes of “No Seance” below, followed by the aforementioned live dates:
Wren, “No Seance” official video
‘No Seance’ in the visual realm.
Video by: gardenback
Taken from the EP ‘Host’ out on Holy Roar Records on April 29th.
Wren live:
Mon 11 Apr 2016 The Alexandra Beer Emporium Southampton, UK
Fri 29 Apr 2016 JT Soar Nottingham, UK
Fri 20 May 2016 Unicorn Camden London, UK
