Recommended if you like Neurosis, Crowbar, or Katatonia, Colossal Rains newest single, “Flowers On A Landmine,” is the closing track off the band’s upcoming debut LP, Feral Sorrow, out on January 23rd. Featuring members of Blacklisted, the newest venture was produced by Grammy-nominated Will Yip (Scowl, Title Fight, Turnstile), and treads a fine line between rock and grunge. And it isn’t the band’s first venture with Yip, as Blacklisted were one of the first bands to ever trust Yip to record their work.
Vocalist and lead guitarist Gee Hirsch explains to Metal Injection a bit more in depth that, “This was the last song written for the record. Lyrically it’s about the absurdity of depression,” he starts, “I wanted to write a song that held a lot of weight musically, because I’m self conscious my lyrics could outshine the musicianship, which is unfair.”
He continues, “For some reason, the songs ending riff felt like it was screaming out to me, “Tears hold more weight than smiles,” so that became the opening and refrain lyric.”
As for where the focus around flowers stems from, Hirsch explains, “One day at work, I had to remove a volunteer rose bush that grew through razor wire. That’s how the chorus was written. [And] at the time of writing the Colossal Rains LP, I watched and then re-watched the TV show Flowers from the UK, this song by no accident reminds me of that show.”
Out via Memory Music, Colossal Rains debut album, Feral Sorrow, is available for pre-order with the album’s release in January. Colossal Rains is Gee Hirsch (Blacklisted) on vocals and lead guitar, David Walling on rhythm guitar, Jon-Michael Nean (Blacklisted) on bass, and Tyler Mullen on drums.
You can check out the music video for “Flowers On A Landmine” below, alongside the album’s tracklist.
Feral Sorrow‘s Tracklist:
- “Deadlights”
- “Agony Bells”
- “Entombed City”
- “Pirouettes”
- “Risley Act”
- “Silent Trigger”
- “Flowers On A Landmine”
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