Alt-pop's rising star h3nce drops one of the most triumphant cuts off his debut EP "WRITE IT ON YOUR FLAGS" in "SUNLIGHT HITS YOUR FACE." The song was produced by Leon Laguna and epitomizes the raw yet beautiful chaos of the European alt-digital movement.
It combines indie rock grit with post-punk urgency, shoegaze haze, and grunge-adjacent texture into a whirlpool that is both fierce and highly considered. There's a raw, unrefined, and with feeling movement in the song. h3nce's rapping is another highlight of the track. The delivery is urgent, a fractured voice full of defiance and fragility. A DIY approach is evident in everything.
Rather than smoothing out the musical edges, the process accommodates their coarseness and allows impurities to become an integral part of the song's character. The result is a song bursting with life, surprise, and an unfearing acceptance of its lengthy, stretched intensity. "SUNLIGHT HITS YOUR FACE" captures when clarity passes through emotional turmoil as transitory, bright, memorable. This is how h3nce wants to be known as an artist who can turn chaos into catharsis.