EarthQuakerDevices | 6 years ago

“It definitely has a real richness to it that chorus doesn’t do, phaser doesn’t do - [it] has that ‘talky’ sound. Can we just keep this one?” Gavin Caswell of Senses Fail shares his unrehearsed first impressions of the Pyramids Stereo Flanger pedal. Learn more at http://eqd.rocks/pyramids

Videographer / Editor: Chris Tran
Additional Camera: Nat Cherry

Today more than ever, a band doesn’t survive nearly 10 years in the volatile music business without overcoming their share of adversity. Yet for Ridgewood, NJ-based Senses Fail—now about to release their fourth full-length—weathering the storm of recent years has been an empowering journey of self-discovery, that’s only left the group in a stronger, more confident place. The end result of that voyage is The Fire, an album that captures Senses Fail at the absolute top of their game, playing as if their lives depended on it.

Packed from front to back with explosive, high-energy riffs, thundering rhythms and singer Buddy Nielsen’s introspective, unflinchingly honest lyrics, The Fire is yet another milestone for a band with a truly impressive discography of post-hardcore scene staples. Although the group once again chose to head to Baltimore, Md., to team up with longtime collaborator/producer Brian McTernan (Thrice, Circa Survive, Cave In) at his famous Salad Days studio, there’s a perceptible intensity to The Fire that sets it apart from Senses Fail’s past works.

“The main goal was to make the record feel exciting overall,” says Nielsen. “It’s all live drums, and it’s got a loose feeling and very natural vibe. There’s no bullshit; there are no samples on this record, no filler. When you start adding layers and layers of sounds, that’s when it starts getting harder to sound natural. There’s space in between the instruments that a lot of bands in this genre don’t necessarily have, because loud guitars and drums are fighting with each other all the time.”

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