Sometimes you have to travel a long way to get back to where you started. That’s the tale of
Volumes’ new album ‘
Happier?’, an album both inspired by the journey, but more secure in its own skin.
Reunited with original vocalist Michael Barr, there’s a heaviness that makes its title more of a rhetorical query than a genuine question. Opening with a brutal punch, it’s recent single ‘
Bend’ that proves there’s more than one string to Volumes’ bow, though. Mixing melody with a satisfying gut-punch, it marks a record that can live both above and below in a way so many struggle to match.
Those hard yards make a difference.
