STATE FAULTS - Resonate / Desperate LP

Label: Dog Knights

When looking at screamo, post-hardcore and black metal, one probably thinks that meshing them all into one may be a difficult balancing act. Pianos Become The Teeth and Deafheaven are able to pull it off with precision, where the music is just as exact a science as it is an art.

And while State Faults showed promise in the past that they could follow suit, Resonate/Desperate is their exclamation mark to the genre, succeeding in the moist noisy, boisterous and impactful manner possible.

Jonny Andrew's voice carries a ferocity that exponentially builds with each track; he's backed up well by the band, their multi-layered canvas expertly supplementing his raw power. There's a tight-knit energy extended in the intensely brooding music of State Faults. The manner in which they incorporate experimentally atmospheric guitars, driving metallic riffs and soul-crushing vocals is one that you won't forget. In spite of its dark sound, Resonate/Desperate is the album to make you feel alive.