Knocked Loose w/ Show Me The Body

From the venue:

A Tear expands on the narratives hinted at on A Different Shade of Blue, their highly lauded 2019 full-length that cemented them as one of heavy music?s most prominent acts. With quarantine upending their extensive touring schedule ? ?we?ve kind of been consistently on the road since 2014,? says Garris ? the group found themselves in early 2020 sequestered near their hometown of Louisville, in Oldham County, Kentucky. By June, they were hunkered down in a cabin in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, focused on writing a concept album. By the end of September they had finished recording A Tear in the Fabric of Life.

Musically, the songs were written in order and speak to each other. On the opener, ?Where Light Divides the Holler,? ambient sounds of a radio switching give way to a harsh, punishing breakdown. ?Permanent,? the closer, is crushing, and ends in a majestic, almost soundtrack-like ring-out. In between there are new elements ? guitars droning out, radio interludes, vocal-only suites ? and the immediate heaviness listeners have come to expect from Knocked Loose. It?s hardcore, filtered through what Garris says is a more prominent death metal influence. The new sounds the band never tried before have the goal, guitarist Isaac Hale says, of making everything sound ?more extreme and more abrasive.?