Give Up have been peddling their emo wares across Brighton, and further afield, for a couple of years now, having released their debut EP ‘Laugh At Myself’ last autumn. With the release of their sophomore EP – ‘The Possibility That Love Is Not Enough’ – Give Up have put their matured songwriting on display; aplenty with warm fuzz and soft harmonies.
Texturally, the EP comes to life, with a unifying shoegaze blanket that affords each instrument its own space, awarding each song a shared identity. Opening track ‘Leave The Room’ begins softly. With a hint of chorus, the lead guitar hovers in stasis for a few moments before the rhythm hits; fuzzed and overdriven. It’s a song that yearns at a slower pace, while guitarist and vocalist Ashwin Bhandari’s words are nestled into the mix. As a mission statement for the wider EP, ‘Leave The Room’ perfectly prefigures ‘The Possibility That Love Is Not Enough’ – with its balance and tension between soft and harsh drawing upon a far heavier…
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