Blending
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High Vis were formed in 2016 from the ashes of some of the UK's best hardcore bands. Gild-toothed frontman Graham Sayle's anguished lyrics about life in working class Britain were familiar to fans of Tremors' full-throttle thrash, but alongside his former bandmate Edward 'Ski' Harper and veterans of Dirty Money, DiE and The Smear, High Vis sought to transform that energy and intensity into something entirely new. Like scene-mates Chubby and the Gang did by pulling in unlikely source material from classic doo-wop or Micromoon have by combining everything from psychedelia and metal into their high potency mix, High Vis' 2019 debut album, No Sense No Feeling showed the band were never going to be constrained by any sense of genre rules or regulations. It's claustrophobic rattle bore traces of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Crisis, The Cure and Gang Of Four lurking in the shadows. 2020's synth-driven EP, Society Exists, was further evidence of the band's restless creative MO. High Vis' second album Blending sees them open their viewfinder wider than ever before. Alongside longstanding favourites such as Fugazi and Echo and The Bunnymen; Ride and even Flock Of Seagulls were shared reference points as the band worked on the album together. From the anthemic sweep of opener 'Talk For Hours', through the title track's psychedelic swirl and 'Fever Dream''s baggy groove, it sees High Vis' sound blossoming into something with an unlimited richness. The hazy drift of 'Shame' or the melo
Tracks
1~1~Talk For Hours
1~2~E0151
1~3~Out Cold
1~4~Blending
1~5~Trauma Bonds
1~6~Fever Dream
1~7~Morality Test
1~8~Join Hands
1~9~Shame
Details
Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: High Vis
Release Date: 09 September 2022
Genre: Alternative
Label: DAIS201
Distributor: Rocket Group
