Pave Desire by Stalled

For fans of Deftones, At the Drive In, Polvo, slowcore, and having a little fun in your local warehouse, Pave Desire by Stalled fights back against upper management in all its forms with a varied post hardcore sound, contextualizing our anger into something nuanced, measured, and entirely justified. Lower tempos allow maximum intensity through a collection of passionate instrumental performances, most notably in the drums which fill the occasional empty space with flourishes to keep our rage at front of mind. However, as the band breaks down into those pensive, dissonant guitar riffs which we associate with the more experimental side of post hardcore, our narrator’s betrayal takes center stage, a tender look into the absolute shock of taking abuse from one’s fellow man. We’re constantly forced to contend with the reality that these people fundamentally share most things in common with us, in many cases speaking our languages, sharing our culture, and mirroring our emotions. How could someone so similar to us do this to us? Could that have been me?