Nearly twenty years on since they released their first album, Senses Fail has no quit in them. The band catches fans by surprise at the midway point of 2022 with a new body of work, Hell is in Your Head. The die-hard fans of the group are in for a treat, as their latest venture is reminiscent of their earlier albums of the 2000s but with a refined twist. Senses Fail is back to what made them big but in much more mature form, demonstrating themselves as a band who has strived to keep getting better at what they do.
Vintage yet still fresh, Senses Fail’s Hell is in Your Head is a fully fledged collection of tracks that present clear and obvious inspiration
Vintage yet still fresh, Senses Fail’s Hell is in Your Head is a fully fledged collection of tracks that present clear and obvious inspiration. It’s an incredibly personal album, referencing loss of life, milestones, intimacy, and real unfiltered emotions. It can be too much endure at times, the songs often broaching subject matter that is uncomfortable experience. It’s not as though this is new for a band like Senses Fail, but it would appear as though they’ve chosen to lean farther in to what hurts and what can be difficult to endure throughout the course of life. Additionally however, some of the content can be a bit absurd in some songs, with even bordering on being downright ludicrous.
The line between emotional depth and blatant absurdity is thin in Hell is in Your Head. Maybe it’s that Buddy Nielsen is trying to tell people something with this. Because there’s no questioning that the lyrics are the most compelling part of the whole record. At times, they are scribed so beautifully that it’s hard to believe a real person is even capable of having written it. Other times it’s as though the writing could have been the result of taking drugs or just sitting around the studio brainstorming how outrageous to make everything sound. In reality though, it’s more likely that the sillier lyrics are just Nielsen having fun so as to make something enjoyable out of a bad situation, as there are plenty of darker toned songs throughout to offset this. As a unit, the band is as grounded as they’ve ever been instrumentally. They are still a well-oiled machine that is able to balance their instruments with their subject matter to deliver a quality product. They undoubtedly find a way to make their unique approach to music work in their favor.
There probably won’t be much debate regarding the strength of Hell is in Your Head as an album. Much of what they set out to do is obvious, as the writing is highly indicative of their intention to make the listener feel. In contrast, there is also plenty about it that is probably designed to make fans laugh and then maybe even question whether or not that’s appropriate considering what it is that’s actually being said. Being there’s nothing cryptic about Head is in Your Head, be prepared to interpret without issue, but at the same time, try to keep an open mind.
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