De Britse posthardcoreband Holding Absence heeft samen met de Australische metalcore band Alpha Wolf een split EP aangekondigd met de naam “The Lost & The Longing”. De EP komt uit op 15 augustus via SharpTone Records en Greyscale Records. Een eerste track, een samenwerking tussen beide bands, is alvast uitgebracht in de vorm van “Aching Longing”.
Leden van beide bands zeggen het volgende over de samenwerking:
We’re ecstatic to be announcing ‘The Lost and The Longing’, our split EP with Alpha Wolf! They are a band we’ve loved as people and musicians for years now, and we’re so grateful they wanted to drop this release with us. We can’t wait for people to hear our two new singles ‘Aching Longing’ and ‘Coffin’, too! ‘Aching Longing’ is our band at its heaviest yet, and Coffin is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum… We are always trying to stretch our band into new shapes, and can’t wait for people to hear what we’ve produced with these two tracks!
Lucas Woodland – Holding Absence (Zang/Keyboard)
We first met Holding Absence back in 2019 at the Impericon fests in Europe and we got along like a house on fire. We really enjoy their super catchy tunes and luckily enough they enjoy our heavy tunes. We talked a bunch over social media and kept up to date with what they were doing and when Lucas (jokingly) mentioned that we should do a split, it surprisingly just seemed like the best idea ever. We both released albums around the same time and it made sense timing wise for us both to release new music at the same time Working with them has been a breeze and we’d do it again in a heartbeat”
Sabian Lynch – Alpha Wolf (Gitaar)
De coverart en tracklist zien er als volgt uit:
01. – “60cm of Steel” – Alpha Wolf feat. Holding Absence
02. – “Hotel Underground” – Alpha Wolf
03. – “Aching Longing” – Holding Absence feat. Alpha Wolf
04. – “Coffin” – Holding Absence
Alpha Wolf live zien kan op zaterdag 17 september in Kavka Zappa in Antwerpen (BE) en op dinsdag 27 september in Poppodium 013 in Tilburg (NL). Holding Absence staat op zaterdag 25 juni op Jera On Air in Ysselsteyn (NL).
