Energy

Walk Into The Fire EP

Bands change. It’s a plan fact that many diehard fans have a hard time coping with. In the case of Energy’s new EP, Walk Into The Fire, the Massachusetts hardcore band’s circle pit crew are probably going to be thrown by three songs of melancholy, AFI-tinged, melodic rock. It’s more Dag Nasty than Minor Threat, and that always causes a bit of confusion in the mosh. “Angels At My Grave,” in particular, is nearly five-and-a-half minutes of zoned-out bliss (replete with a string section) that may just pass in a live setting—but not in some rec center gymnasium with all of the lights on and the shitty PA echoing off the back walls, if you know what we mean. Despite the reaction they might get from this new musical path (something they’ve only flirted with on previous releases), this EP finds Energy on the cusp of something great. Even if they revert back to the melodic hardcore fist-pump on their next album, they’ve proven they can fully embrace melody. It’s a piece of arsenal they’ll always have, to come back to later whenever they so please.

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“Walk Into The Fire”