Portland emo outfit Moments Of have kicked down the door with "Threshold," the band's brand-new single, a pop-punk anthem that delicately rides the line between emotional fragility and ear-pounding sweetness. The song, which serves as a first taste of their forthcoming full-length, "At Least You Found a Way to Disappear," is a muscular look into a band not scared to get down and dirty, rip themselves open, and be reborn like a phoenix from the flames.
"Threshold" explodes like a storm, with driving guitars, propulsive drums, and vocals that pulse with both hurt and defiance. It mirrors the nervous character of being trapped in a toxic relationship, and it's standing in a doorway, perhaps between comfort and collapse. The emotional shove-pull tug-of-war is palpably present in every note, as if the band somehow managed to seal the chaos of heartbreak in a bottle and burn down the barn and the house both via their amplifiers. Recorded with Producer Adam Cichocki at Timber Studios in Bayonne, NJ, the single is the result of a process that forced the band to their breaking points. During a concentrated two-week period, the band worked to break down their sound and re-form it from scratch, allowing openness and honesty to guide the way. The product is a track that is more than a polished work of music, but is a living, breathing moment of release.
This track will resonate with anyone who's hovered on that brink before, between safety and suffocation. It's raw, it's heavy, and it isn't afraid to turn from the pain. But in that weight comes a particular kind of liberation, the heart of what emo and pop punk can do at their best, reconfiguring struggle into something communal and cathartic. The first single of "At Least You Found a Way to Disappear" sets the tone high. If this track is anything to go by, Moments Of are about to enter into a new era of brutal honesty, raw power, and fearless emotional expression. For those in the mood for raw energy and vulnerable storytelling, "Threshold" is a breaking point transformed into art.
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