Her Head's On Fire "College Rock and Clove Cigarettes" 31g Abest are blurring the lines

Abest are blurring the lines between atmospheric post-metal and bleak hardcore to create a dark and pounding emotional atmosphere: dissonant soundscape-like toothache parts

any source of inspiration is fair game to achieve their distinct atmosphere of unbearable dread

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Her Head's On Fire "College Rock and Clove Cigarettes" 31g Abest are blurring the linesIndie rock, of all stripes, is far too long in the toothand the classic back catalogs far too crowdedfor half measures: If we are to have new left of the dial songs in an age where the wry cleverness and heart on sleeve (or heart patch on messenger bag?) vulnerability of yore have listed into a kind of sardonic nihilism, then those songs must be full of that strange alchemic mix of chords and melodies that make hearts flutter and souls soarthey must