HOLDING ABSENCE // Announce New Album & Share New Single

Welsh rockers Holding Absence have announced their second album The Greatest Mistake of My Life, set to drop on 16th April, 2021 through Sharptone Records.

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The huge news comes with an even huger single Beyond Belief, and it sees the band embrace a change in sound.

“We are ecstatic to finally unveil Beyond Belief to the world!”, says frontman Lucas Woodland. “Just as jumping from black and white into colour is a huge change for our band, we believe the transition into Beyond Belief, and subsequently The Greatest Mistake of My Life, is similarly significant. Beyond Belief sees our band embracing the 80’s indie-shoegaze era with both arms, while still gripping firmly onto all the sounds that have made us who we are up until now. A song about love, and the fear of permanence—this really is Holding Absence, like you’ve never heard us before.”

The band went on to discuss the album’s concept, describing it as a set of stories presented through the lens of hindsight and regret.

“There are songs that celebrate life when faced with death, and others that speak to the choices we make about how we live our lives. The fear of love, newfound respect for life and the covering up of depression are all subjects that rear their head. The Greatest Mistake of My Life exercises emotion in many ways, and that was an important thing for us to do, because emotion isn’t rigid – it’s not just love or joy or sadness – it’s a lot of things,” the band says.

The Greatest Mistake of My Life is the follow up to their self titled LP, released just last year. It is available for preorder now.