TO BE GENTLE
"greenhug"
exclusive song premiere
exclusive song premiere
For fans of: Daitro, My Hair Is A Rat's Nest and Pianos Become The Teeth
I think Eve and company in TO BE GENTLE can officially be crowned as the most prolific screamo band currently active. There's an EP or LP every few months and they are consistently awesome. I feel like the 2022 full lengths have progressively been getting better, and holy smokes does 'it always hurts and one day it will win' take the cake as the band's best output (and yes I'm including the French album in my assessment). Coming in at 10 tracks across varying lengths, it shows growth, focus, and songwriting chops that are blatantly awesome. Today's premiere is for the fifth track titled "greenhug". Eve had this to say about it:
Greenhug is about a moment: lying in an open park underneath a willow tree with someone. Experiencing many sensory feelings, all conducive to an anxious joy. Despite the many wonderful things about that moment though, there is a looming, overarching feeling of sadness knowing that these moments and relationships can’t last forever. Greenhug as a title refers to the feeling of green, how it is a safe and sound color for me, and feeling wrapped within it. The person I was with was wearing a green sweater during that moment.
October 7th will be a busy day at Tomb Tree, as the label is releasing the Colacon tape digitally and physically, the Virgin Mother 12"s will go up for pre-order, as well as TO BE GENTLE's 'Unbroken' tapes and the 'it always hurts and one day it will win' cassette pre-orders (expected to ship early Nov). Here's a sneak peak at the primary/most abundant variant 'The Spider' /34.
(2022) TO BE GENTLE "greenhug" (from 'it always hurts and one day it will win')
It should be noted that I actually requested this song specifically for the song premiere because I think it's such a great jam. At 5:12 it's actually the longest track on the album, utilizing a nice, steady build during the first minute to set the listener up. The song's ability to shift from one shade to another is like reading a book that leaves you with cliffhangers at the end of each chapter, as parts two and three mesh together beautifully and push the song from post-rock territory into my well-known screamo realm. In typical TBG fashion, the song is positive and uplifting whilst still being heavy and screamy, with an awesome, dreamy, chuggy midsection and vocals that manage to be catchy, not an easy feat when wrenching the larynx. The song takes a soaring leap at 3:16 with a section centered around a echo/repeating riff and wonderful cadence, officially knocking me on my ass as well as providing a subsequent pillow and lullaby to transport me gracefully to sleep.
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