With the festival blues in full effect any reprieve from being banished from live music during this lockdown, is Bury Tomorrow’s new album Cannibal and it is something of a solace.
Bury Tomorrow started as a local band formed in 2006 from Southampton, Hampshire. They used to do so many local gigs around the South Coast and I remember going after work with a group of friends to enjoy the live music and thier gigs being one of my favourites. I remember telling people about them and getting them to check them out because this band was definitely going to be very popular soon. Now, everywhere you look and everyone you speak to in the music scene knows thier name and rightfully so. They have earned every last piece of it, becoming one of the very best bands in their genre, however, yet still as humble as the day they started. These lads are just like any one of us, they radiate that everyday; with helping to create safe spaces in the NHS for people to talk about mental health in a safe environment, to creating awesome content on Twitch outside of being in the band and that is such a breath of fresh air in this current industry.
I been given the amazing opportunity to listen to the new album Cannibal before release. Bury Tomorrow ‘s sixth studio album was originally scheduled to be released in April 2020 but due to the coronavirus pandemic had to be respectfully postponed until the 3rd of July through Music For Nations and is produced by Dan Weller. I’m so hyped for this release since thier last album Black Flame released in 2018 and I tell you now, it’s been worth the wait.
If you have been waiting for that top 2020 album of the year, Bury Tomorrow have just literally slid into the top like somone sneakily sliding into your dms, albeit happily encouraged once you hear the masterpiece of an album they created.
Bury Tomorrow have already gifted fans with songs such as Cannibal, Choke, The Grey (VIXI) and Better Below. You, know just how good these tracks are and yes going by them this is an absolute banger of an album.
One of my favourite tracks on the album is, Quake. With complex, dark and muddier guitar chugs and riffs, breakdowns and harmonious vocals that contrast each other from both vocalists Jason Cameron and Daniel Winter-Bates.
The lyrics in every single track on that album have been well thought out and written from the heart with passion. You can feel the pain and struggles coming through from the lyrics giving such body and grit to the song and making it such a personal experience between the singer and the listener. They are sharing a part of them with you, the fans and that is what’s truly exquisite about the Cannibal album it’s literally a reflection to the clarity and transparency of who they are as a band to thier fans. It’s very brave to be this open especially on topics that are so taboo even in today’s society about mental health and it’s so beautifully done in a way that if this was a painting it would be done by Edvard Munch.
I really don’t want to give too much away and want you to experience the album first hand just as I did. If that means me keeping quiet so you can feel that hair stand up on your arms and the emotions I received when listening, I will. Daniel Winter-Bates, Jason Cameron, Davyd Winter – Bates, Kristan Dawson and Adam Jackson have made 2020 for me with this banger of an album. Don’t wait to buy it, pre order now you won’t regret it.