Small Pond's "Emerging" project is all about showcasing the raw, unvarnished genius of youth, and for 2025, the project returns with the fire still burning in its belly, still building in intensity. The first track is from Brighton's very own Hollowpoint, who formed in 2023. The new single "wait til morning" is the first look into the upcoming compilation album due to be released on November 14th, 2025. Combining an atmospheric huddle of shoegaze, post-rock, and hardcore, "wait til morning" is a short, sweet statement of intent.
This is a song that swells and ebbs with emotion, creating a wall so vast that you can almost feel its thundering reverberations in your chest. Hollowpoint is a master of that dynamic, nurturing, delicate texture that combusts into waves of distortion and urgency, which can both bear and be dismissed. At its core, the song grapples with an all-too-relatable revelation. Someone you had once revered as a god may not be who you thought they were. There's sorrow in that, but also catharsis, something Hollowpoint captures with crushing accuracy. Their playing repurposes heartache as atmosphere, crashing vulnerability under layers of guitar and cascading, aching vocals. It's emo at its most maximalist, not restricted to simplicity but expanding into something that feels huge and cinematic.
"wait til morning" epitomizes "Emerging" is about young artists who aren't afraid to take risks and study the extremities of genre. Hollowpoint sounds like old souls, marrying brash youth with attention to craft that implies they're not just a standout among their peers, but a band to watch closely in the alternative rock scene. And now, as we count down the days until the release of the "Emerging" vinyl compilation this November, Hollowpoint's "wait til morning" stands as both a preview and a promise. It is the sound of the next generation of Brighton's talent, and it is restless, emotional, and waiting to burst. If this track is any indication, Small Pond's project is not just fostering young artists but amplifying some voices that deserve to be heard.
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