{"id":4431,"date":"2021-04-28T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=4431"},"modified":"2021-04-28T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:06:50","slug":"new-album-harker-axiom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/28\/new-album-harker-axiom\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Harker || Axiom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upon listening to Axiom, I had to revisit Harker’s previous record No Discordance to check if I misremembered the band’s sound. But no, Axiom is quite the sonic leap from No Discordance. What I loved about No Discordance was its heartfelled nature and how the band made up what it may lack in originality (to be honest, a superfluous quality to judge punkrock by) with top notch songwriting and execution. Axiom is a different beast, with the band expanding their sound in every direction. It’s more rock-oriented, it’s more varied, more dynamic. It manifests a band full of ambition and willing to challenge themselves. What particularly stands out on Axiom is the vocals. Harker already had a great singer in Mark Boniface, but on the new record\u00a0 the harmonies with the rest of the band are a thing to behold – listen to Sigh Of Crows<\/em>. On Axiom, Harker swims upstream, not sure where it will take them, and I’m curious to see how this record will be received by fans of their previous work – if reluctant, they should at the very least enjoy Hellion<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0 Flex Yr Head<\/em><\/a> and No Sun<\/a>, <\/em>three songs that in terms of that old school Harker sound are among the best they’ve recorded. I for one am rooting for the band to be rewarded for their effort. Axiom is out now through\u00a0 Disconnect Disconnect Records (UK), Shield Recordings (Netherlands), Wiretap Records\u00a0 (US) and Fixing A Hole Records (Japan).<\/p>\n