LIKE PACIFIC - Control My Sanity LP (Colour Vinyl)

Label: Pure Noise Entertainment

Toronto’s Like Pacific are a force to be reckoned with. Taking over the scene by storm with their 2016 debut Distant Like You Asked, the melodic-rock five-piece are back with their third full-length, Control My Sanity. Though the album was written and recorded over video chat and iPhone demos, the ten-track record is easily the band’s most coherent body of work to date, telling the story of vocalist Jordan Black’s experiences through heartbroken and frustrated lyricism.

In the past two years, Black explains that he went through “the worst depression I’ve ever experienced,” and title track Control My Sanity expands on the album’s consistent theme of depression and anger.

With the majority of the songs clocking in at under three minutes long, Control My Sanity displays Like Pacific‘s effortless ability to portray the resentment that comes with the negative feelings surrounding toxic relationships and mental health.