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Cold By Winter: We: The Living

Benn Lee and Trajan Schwencke work well together on the guitar, weaving and tying the music. Add Leon Ahmad-Hall and this post-hardcore band becomes something more. The vocal variations make the Auckland five-piece’s lyrics twist around my brain like living things. George Hampton’s bass blends seamlessly with Scotty Rockers on drums (who has a stunning static style), both punctuating each song beautifully. The recording from Aztek Studios, mastering by Evan Short and mixing by Justin Pilbrow are all top notch. Ten tracks in all, one an instrumental. These guys have a thing for long song names exemplified by one of the stand out tracks, She Who Can Not Be Killed (By Conventional Weapons). Vocals echo instruments which in turn run raw on the edge of deep-throated vocal angst. The title track is a soul spinning song that goes from strength to strength - the only song with a chorus. Cold By Winter don’t seem to write songs the conventional way, but have cool changes instead. This album didn’t take long to earn a favoured spot in my collection.

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