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Album review: Our Hollow, Our Home – Hope & Hell
Southampton metalcore crew Our Hollow, Our Home bow out with underwhelming final album.
"Writing this album became my coping mechanism…"
Southampton metallers Our Hollow, Our Home have just announced a brand-new album, In Moment // In Memory.
The record – which is set for release on October 19 through the band's own //Hollow Music label – details the devastating loss of vocalist/guitarist Tobias Young's father.
“In January 2017 I started the initial writing process for the second album," he says. "This came to a sudden halt when I found out that my father was terminally ill with lung cancer. My focus moved to spending time with him and my family and away from writing until sadly, just four short months later, my father passed away.
"I was left feeling very lost and very vulnerable and I didn’t know how to deal with these feelings. My father was always a strong driving force for me to keep writing and producing music. With that said, writing this album became my coping mechanism. As I journeyed through the varying stages of grief, with the help of my bandmates, I benchmarked my progress with songs about how I had felt, how I had learnt to deal with the situation and how I had to learn to keep on moving forward in a life without my father.
"We really wanted this album to be something our listeners could turn to in a time of need. Just as writing these songs have helped me get through one of the most difficult periods of my life, it was equally as important to that it would be an honest and relatable listen, and we hope that this record will be a companion to anyone taking their own journey.”
Beautiful words. Pre-order the album now at this link.
The tracklisting for In Moment // In Memory is as follows:
1. //Denial
2. In Moment
3. Disconnect
4. //Anger
5. Love Loss
6. Wraiths
7. //Bargaining
8. Weight & Carriage
9. Divisions (The Exchange)
10. //Depression
11. Speak of Sorrow
12. Father & Ghost
13. //Acceptance
14. Parting Gift
15. In Memory
And the artwork looks like this:
Catch the band on the road at the following dates:
August
26 Bridgwater The Metal Bash
September
29 Luton Castlefest 2018
October
27 Southampton 1865 (HOLLOWEEN w/ special guests TBA)
November
1 Manchester Gullivers (supporting Glamour Of The Kill)
2 York Fibbers (supporting Glamour Of The Kill)
3 London Camden Underworld (supporting Glamour Of The Kill)