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California sludge/post-hardcore band Anxious Arms stream their debut album »Crimes Of Despair«, out now via Sunday Drive Records / Deathwish Inc.

Sacramento, California based sludge/post-hardcore band Anxious Arms has finally released their debut album, »Crimes Of Despair«, out this Friday, November 11th, 2022 via Sunday Drive Records / Deathwish Inc.

Listen to »Crimes Of Despair« on all major streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Crimes Of Despair
03. Catastrophes
04. Foundation
05. Nailed To The Wheel
06. Fall From Grace
07. Ever Changing
08. Memoriam
09. Wasted Days, Wasted Years
10. Faust

»Crimes Of Despair« is the first LP from Sacramento metal/post-hardcore band, Anxious Arms. Over 5 years of being a band, releasing singles and EPs and touring, Anxious Arms has continuously honed in on what their sound is today. Beginning in the early days as an emo band and progressively introducing new sounds from metal and hardcore, the band organically evolved sonically.

»Crimes Of Despair« does a great job displaying this. You can still hear bits of early Anxious Arms throughout the record, but sonically, there are many more layers and dynamics happening. This is quickly introduced on »Intro«, where a soundscape of Black Sabbath & Sleep-inspired guitars take over the song with lingering vocals, then loops into the title track – which explodes with heavy bass and shouting from vocalist, Kyle Bolla. Later tracks like »Foundation« do a great job of switching the tempo at perfect points within the record–creating a more driving and urgent feeling.


Photo by Nate Zoeller

Lyrically, Bolla is at his best. Emotions of loneliness, anger and doubt are poetically described in a doom-like world. There is an underlying through line of despair that tends to linger throughout the whole record. This theme, paired with the slow and heavy doom metal to post-hardcore dynamic works great. Anxious Arms are able to craft a concise and consistent LP, where a range of influences from Crowbar to Deftones and Cave In makes perfect sense.

Order your copy here:
anxiousarms.bandcamp.com/album/crimes-of-despair

Music written by Anxious Arms // Lyrics by Kyle Bolla.
Track 5 written by Zach Detamore and Anxious Arms.
Recorded/mixed/mastered by Patrick Hills at Earthtone Studio.
Track 9-10 recorded by Joshua Unitt.
Album art by Neo Sabbath.
Layout and design by Jonathan Lee Gonzales.

Line-up on »Crimes Of Despair«:
Kyle Bolla – Vocals, Guitar
Tuan Purser – Drums (Tracks 1-7), Guitar
Jack Wittich – Bass, Backing Vocals, Guitar
Zach Detamore – Drums on Tracks 9-10
Summer Bolla – Flute on track 8

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well

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