“Cue The Cronies” is a consuming track from Dallas-based band Kids In Decay, whose mixture of progressive, metal, and alt-rock results in a memorably dark success. The industrial-forward soundscape is bolstered by a constant sense of evolution; the guitars expand from creaky haunts into invigorating swells of distortion, while the vocals ascend accordingly from steadier introspection into raucous ardency.
“Time for empathy and compassion, everyone of us called to action,” the vocals let out during a climactic drive, complemented by murmuring bass and textured guitars. As the vocals fade momentarily past the two-minute turn, lonesome guitar twangs drive into the “accusations and broken trust,” lyrical moroseness. The metal-friendly expanse shortly thereafter is marked by heavier guitar distortion.
A soaring vocal passion takes hold around the three-minute turn. “House of cards in a hurricane,” they let out, symbolic of a fragile state of affairs as tumult continues to escalate. “Cue The Cronies” achieves a cathartic culmination here from its enjoyable overall build, then fading out with haunting immersion. “Cue The Cronies” is a gripping rock production from Kids In Decay.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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