From the heart of Edinburgh’s underground, Kakihara return with Love Songs Part II, a raw, chaotic, and utterly unfiltered dose of metallic hardcore, and in advance they’ve unveiled the video for the EP’s lead single ‘Calamari.’
The band had this to say about the new track: “Because two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven, ‘Calamari’ is our metallic-hardcore energy and mathcore chaos smashed into a single strike. It’s got jagged riffs, stop-start rhythms, and a punishing beatdoon that lands like a hen party on the Cowgate. The vocals cut through the melee with equal parts desperation and defiance, matching lyrics that flick between hopelessness and resolve. ‘Calamari’ shows exactly what we’re about, raw, unpolished, and built for the pit.”
Recorded live in a single living room and fueled by raw energy, Love Songs Part II captures the chaos and urgency of the band’s relentless live shows. Drawing inspiration from Converge, Coalesce, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Heaven In Her Arms, Envy, and Botch, Kakihara fuse mathcore dissonance, screamo textures, and punishing hardcore grit into something entirely their own.
Love Songs Part II will be released on December 5 via Ripcord Records.
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