(written by Islander)

The Québec City-based quartet who named themselves Scare pose a question in the title of their new album that seems quite relevant at an anxious time when humankind seems bent on devouring itself and the world through selfishness, greed, delusional paranoia, ignorance, and hatred: In The End, Was It Worth It?

It follows their debut LP from 2019, Not Dead Yet, Probably…, another title that also seems quite fitting for where we found ourselves then, and now, and their 2021 EP Congratulations On Your Death.

The band’s music has become increasingly interesting over time. It has a backbone of lead-weighted metallic hardcore, with the kind of sludgy punch that loosens teeth and vocals that can cause intracranial bleeding, but they’ve also revealed a talent for creating gripping, mood-changing, and even atmospheric melodies that get under the skin and stay there.

You’ll understand this for yourselves when you hear “Crowned In Yellow,” the immediately addictive song we’re premiering today, a song that’s at once supernatural, physically compulsive, and rabidly deranged — and yet also sounds like an anthem. Continue reading »