Photo by Brage Pederson

It will be amazing to see how the hardcore kids will manage to rage once “Mind’s a Lie” pops off at a High Vis show. In the world of progressive hardcore, the latest single from the band’s just-announced album, Guided Tour, is definitively pushing the progressive envelope in where the scene can go, and that’s already saying something seeing as though their 2022 breakthrough, Blending, heard the London quintet blurring the land’s long lineage of pioneering ’80s post-punk and Britpop stylings into a grungy, post-hardcore anthem. A sample of South London house and garage singer and producer Ell Murphy is a sharper move even further out, though intentional with its transcendental effects, helping to focus in on themes of mental health care. “What is truth when your mind’s a lie?,” vocalist Graham Sayles shouts. His burled presence doesn’t break its heavy calm, even if you can imagine the pit’s energy suddenly shifting to something more fit to get you out of just your body, but a negative space in your head as well.

Directed by: Martina Pastori

High Vis’ Guided Tour will be released October 18th on Dais Records.