Sometimes you just need a little pick-me-up from the stresses of daily life from someone who gets it. That’s what the new Sleeping With Sirens album is; a friend when you’re in need of a helping hand. The arc that they’ve followed over the last two records is completed with ‘An End In Itself’ and while the twelve songs are imbued with the same energy that catapulted them into the mainstream a decade and a half ago, it’s more than that; ’An End In Itself’ is rooted in solidarity and understanding of the struggles of the everyday and contains the power to inspire you to push on through.
“Don’t give up, don’t let it bury you,” implores Kellin Quinn as the gritty title track opens the album, twisting from empty chords into screaming, flammable choruses ripe with optimism amid the chaos. The cry for comfort extends into ‘Forever/Always’, a surprisingly tender track from Sirens but one which beams with a love for the human connection. If anything, that’s what ‘An End In Itself’ is all...
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