LimbsFather's Son

Oh yeah we’re kicking this baby off right. Limbs bring a Dillinger-esque breakdown for intro Fed that drops straight into the furious Father’s Son.

Left field interlude Twelve Stones haunts as Limbs crash into Weep. Abba’s chorus line “you’re just another talking head” is the glue that holds the rage together. The theme of indoctrination isn’t an undercurrent throughout Father’s Son: it’s a tsunami of grief.

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We don’t often have a narrative of breaking free of indoctrination that feels so authentic. Case in point where it’s appropriate to call Sacrament a hymn with its ‘stomp stomp clap’ break. “I once was lost but now I hold my head high” seems like a breakthrough, but Crossed drags right back down to a cacophonous hell of “I’ve lost myself so many times.”

Crisply underproduced, the band rocket through the speakers like they’re in the room with us.

Religion is one of the most overdone topics in the alternative scene, but this actually feels fresh. Frantic drums shake us from side to side as we hurtle through the protagonist’s journey. Will we even make it to the end of the journey unscathed? Blister may sound like it’s a depressing ending but the lyrics may well beg to differ. Crisply underproduced, the band rocket through the speakers like they’re in the room with us. Not in a Suicide Silence way mind you; this band actually bothered to write good songs. The band mark their social media with “Who is Limbs?”–Father’s Son shows it’s time to find out.

STANDOUT TRACKS: Abba, Crossed, Weep
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