No band better captures existential dread and the seemingly hopeless future better than Minneapolis trio Another Heaven. The sludgegaze act put out nine songs (six originals and three covers) during the month of May as a holdover while they work on their first full-length album. Now the band is back after what felt like a lifetime with the new song "Unfit."
Another Heaven spends the single on the verge of a manic outburst. It opens with brooding guitars that are pushed to the point of breaking, all while Aaron Lemay's drums churn in time. The cracks in "Unfit" really start to shine through on the choruses where Ali Jaafar and Cole Benson's shared vocals switch from ethereal ruminations to labored outbursts. "Unfit" ebbs and flows as it builds tension over the song's nearly five-minute runtime; however, Another Heaven never pushes the track over the edge into total degradation. Instead, they manage to pull themselves back from the brink and fade away into a lonely quiet.
Combining this new single with the material the band put out in May only makes me more excited for the band's upcoming debut LP. Pair that with the abject fear of what sits in the distance, Another Heaven may supply the soundtrack to our coming election.
"Unfit" is out now. Give it a listen by clicking the link below.
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