One of my most anticipated albums for the year was Guided Tour by High Vis.
High Vis is one of my favorite hardcore-adjacent bands going right now. Their previous two albums, Blending (released in 2022) and No Sense No Feeling (2019) are both great. Guided Tour picks up where those two left off, blending the attitude and message of hardcore with British alternative and post-punk. I like to think of them as if Ned’s Atomic Dustbin was a hardcore band.
“For years coming from hardcore, we had pretty clear boundaries – other scenes were separate worlds. Now things are getting more blended, drawing from different places.” - Graham Sayle (High Vis vocalist)
I can’t recommend this band enough. If you aren’t familiar and like bands like Militarie Gun and Fiddlehead or the idea of crossing 80/90s British alternative with hardcore and punk sounds interesting, give High Vis a listen ASAP. You won’t regret it.
Favorite tracks:
- Guided Tour
- Drop Me Out
- Worth the Wait
- Mob DLA
…and well almost every other track on the album.