Five years ago, the great Leeds hardcore band Higher Power seemed poised to blow the fuck up. Like their Roadrunner labelmates Turnstile, Higher Power emerged out of the DIY underground with a ferociously energetic live show, and they combined their scene’s stomp-around ferocity with giant old-school alt-rock melodies into an enormously likable whole. Their sophomore album 27 Miles Underwater should’ve been their breakout, but it had the bad timing to come out in the early days of 2020. Just as Higher Power headed out on a long international tour, everything shut down. They got fucked. It has taken a long time, but now Higher Power are back with a new album that just emerged out of nowhere.
