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"Penance" is an album by Holding Absence.

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Dayseeker

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Too Close to Touch

Too Close to Touch

Thousand Below

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Casey

Casey

Wind Walkers

Wind Walkers

Rain City Drive

Rain City Drive

Speech Patterns

Speech Patterns

Dead Lakes

Dead Lakes

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Holding Absence have announced their new album ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ with introspective single ‘Reflection’

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Holding Absence have announced their new album ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ with introspective single ‘Reflection’

South Wales trio sign to Sumerian Records.

14 May 2026 • 9:28 pm

Holding Absence: "There's so much more hope and belief in the music that we make now"

Holding Absence: "There's so much more hope and belief in the music that we make now"

Holding Absence embraces their sonic evolution and charts a course for the future in their triumphant album ‘The Noble Art Of Self Destruction’.

4 Sept 2023 • 11:14 am

Holding Absence's new single 'Her Wings' shows them off at their darkest

Holding Absence's new single 'Her Wings' shows them off at their darkest

“'Her Wings' is a love-letter to death. Holding Absence, at our darkest.”

25 Aug 2023 • 8:55 am

Holding Absence's new single is a love letter to post-hardcore - check out 'Scissors'

Holding Absence's new single is a love letter to post-hardcore - check out 'Scissors'

"This song is a love letter to our favourite genre, Post-Hardcore."

21 Jul 2023 • 9:00 am