‘Shadows In Hibernation’ showsย what a gifted and versatile the band is. Check out the amazing new tune fromย WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVEย below and catch them live on tour – all the dates, including their tour with SVALBARD, are listed below. Pre-orders for the new album are up now via Through Love Recordsย andย Holy Roar Records.
Following their 12″ EP and a split 7โ with the similarly epic Human Future, Through Love Records was left floored by the bands enthrallingly intense live representations of their recorded work to date. Subsequently, we now arrive at debut album โSilently, I Threw Them Skywardโ, due out on Holy Roar/Through Love Records, June 22nd.
Whilst perhaps now a clichรฉ, this really is a journey of a record โ unafraid to be gloriously melodic, catchy and direct (โshadows in hibernationโ), spookily cinematic (โyou will sleep now, Yourkoโ) or serenely heavy (the dual/duel bass guitar driven โtasting paralysisโ). Expertly woven together by Sean Mahon’s vocal delivery (alternating between brittle anguish and reflective melodies) and lyrics – โSilently, I Threw Them Skywardโ is an intricate puzzle that will hurt, punish, comfort and uplift. Like all the best music should.
Whilst some band spend their entire existence trying to convey emotion, We Never Learned To Live have harnessed an effortless emotional weight with their music. In a sea of bands desperate to sound more troubled and angst-ridden than the last, WNLTL have one simple advantage up their collective sleeve: sincerity. Sure, they manage to try and hide behind gloriously ornate, obtuse artwork and poetic songtitles, but at the beating heart of this band is a tangibly raw, universal emotional content.
GO HERE to read my interview with the band, conducted in early 2014.
