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While She Sleeps have released their latest album, titled “SO WHAT?”
While She Sleeps’ last record, “You Are We,” showed them experimenting a bit and branching out a little more from their metalcore roots, while still showing off the elements of their sound that make it so unique. Following up that album is the newly released “SO WHAT?,” a record that is even more experimental, and that experimentation works really well.
For those who are fans of the heavier side of While She Sleeps, there are a few moments on here that focus more on the band’s aggressive tendencies, with some of those moments reminding me quite a bit of the band’s earlier work. Anthemic opener “ANTI-SOCIAL” comes in and starts the album off in the strongest way possible, dark “HAUNT ME” brings a great breakdown, and the impressive “ELEPHANT” and “BACK OF MY MIND” both let the heavier instrumentals truly shine. Earlier in this review I mentioned that this record was a more experimental one for the band, and the main thing that this band experiments with a lot throughout the release is the more melodic side of their sound. They started experimenting with this a bit on their last record, and a couple of the tracks on “SO WHAT?” blend the band’s more aggressive and more melodic tendencies and remind me a lot of the overall sound of that record. The title track and “I’VE SEEN IT ALL” are both really catchy, “INSPIRE” brings a ton of energy, and the anthemic “Good Grief,” while being mostly melodic, adds in some screaming and another solid breakdown for good measure. Two of the tracks on here show the band going further and further in that more melodic direction, the brilliant single “THE GUILTY PARTY” (which is my favorite single from this album and one of my favorites on the whole thing), and “SET YOU FREE,” which is one of the catchiest songs that this record has to bring. One of the biggest standouts on here for me was the incredible closing track, “GATES OF PARADISE.” It blends pretty much every single element that makes up the overall sound of this record, from the blend of aggressive sections and melodic sections, from the catchy melodies to the guitar driven breakdown. It makes as anthemic of a closer as “ANTI-SOCIAL” was an opener and it’s easily one of my favorites on the entire album. With “SO WHAT?,” While She Sleeps have crafted one of their most innovative and interesting releases to date. Throughout these tracks, the band perfectly blended the melodic and aggressive elements from their older and more recent material prior to this record, all while still experimenting with their sound, making the album as a whole of their best and most memorable ones. LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE:
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