Roses in December recently released its newest, explosive EP Divided and Conquered. The collection of tracks is brimming with punchy riffs, relying on powerful vocals, and edgy distortion.
“The EP is basically us trying to process the absolute state of Britain right now—but doing it through a cartoon lens,” the band say.
Divided and Conquered compliments the bands recent release, “Inferno.” The later of the two criticizes a world on fire. More importantly, it lambastes the systems letting it burn.
“We decided to walk into the studio with no demos and no safety net.” The band say about its process. “Just raw emotion. It’s the closest we’ve ever sounded to the practice room, slightly unhinged on the brink of collapse, but somehow holding it together.”
Created inside the walls of Blank Studios in Newcastle, the EP utilizes chaos as its greatest weapon. “Battleship Boomer” satirizes migration policy though the lens of a twisted board game. “In The Channel of a Hate Crime” falls into full-scale detonation, one with riffs escalating like rhetoric from those in power.
“Sharks” blankets tragedy in humor while album artwork from Viz Comics cartoonist Lee Healey chides the hollowed-out symbolism of the Labour Party.
“The country feels absurd … so we decided to sound absurd. You either cry or take a piss. We’re doing both,” Roses in December add.
Previously known as Crux, the band have drawn attention from BBC Radio 6, BBC Introducing while earning shows at Alt Festival and A Stone’s Throw Festival.
The EP release was followed by a headline show at Three Tanners Bank. Keep close eye on what Roses in December does next here.
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