The New Single From Hunch Power Delivers A Punk Overtone and A Genuine Message
Hunch Power returns with a new track that embodies a lot of personal attributes, coming from a place of honesty and boasting some emotional push lyrically, but also giving you this thriving punk rock approach in terms of its music.
Some of the riffs are familiar yet super addicting, and the guitar tone is a perfect balance because it's not overly processed or distorted. It's just right in the middle so that you can hear every progression, every riff, every chord. It still has all the drive of a good punk rock track and definitely hits some of the classic punk crew vocals in its approach.
This is a fist-in-the-air kind of sing-along, at times, and it's got a sentiment behind it that touches on certain kinds of relationships and how abuse doesn't always have to be physical, but rather emotional.
It's really an interesting take on how it's easy to fall into the mind games of others, only to realize it later on.
Sometimes hindsight is 20/20, as they say. This track gives such a great and sort of rock-powered but articulate approach to that message that it's really hard to turn away from.
In a lyrical sense, it's very connective and relatable. A lot of us have been there, and again, we only realize it too late in the game. A lot of us realize that way after it's over, and this song is coming from the perspective of being played by mind games or going through some kind of emotional abuse in a relationship, during the situation.
One of the things I love most about this track is the callback vocals, which is really where the crew vocals come in. You get a lot of that callback vocal action throughout the track, and it gives it extra energy.
Although the song has its edge, its rock overtone, and the punk aesthetic, it's very melodically driven.
The progressions and changes, melodies, and a certain kind of guitar hooks throughout the track really lock everything in, and the whole thing seems to fall together perfectly.
This is one of those bands that always release songs with that thriving, live-performance kind of energy that puts you in the moment with the song itself.
I really dig that because you don't always get it. When it comes along, it's a bit refreshing. This song definitely has a powerful and sort of closed-fisted appeal to it. It's kind of coming from a place of aggression in a sense.
This is another aspect of why it can be a little bit emotional lyrically. Again, over the top, but it hits both lyrically and musically. You can hear that powerful and edgy overtone coming from the vocals and even how the guitars are performed.
The guitars are sort of really slammed. The drums are killer because they're driving, but they don't just sit in the pocket. They are lively, and I feel like that's the kind of energy that the rest of the band pushes off of a lot of the time.
The guitars are really lush on this track as well. It feels like there are layers of them, and because of that, it comes through feeling very full-bodied but still very melodic at the same time.
That chorus really sticks with you. It's got a great hook, and when it hits, the whole essence of the song changes because the chords become more major than minor.
A lot of the song has a little bit of that dark sort of minor style progression, but during the chorus, it goes major, so it feels like classic style punk, and that's where the crew callback vocals come right in.
The song is called "Does It Hurt?", and after the frontman sings it out loud, the crew bounces back with the same.
It almost feels like they're singing to a crowd that's calling back to them.
There's also a lot of amazing vocal harmonies throughout the choruses and the post-choruses. This works out amazingly because it adds different layers and thickness to the vocals.
The whole thing does have an amazing sonic sort of drive and presence to it that is really relentless, and it's pop-coated. It's got a very catchy set of hooks, not just during the choruses, but also musically from the guitars at times.
This is something that's packed with memorable parts and a heavy-handed message that comes through with some importance and emotion.
I think that's kind of a unique thing when it comes to alternative rock or punk.
Delivering that personal kind of honesty, a great message, relatability, catchiness, and pop sensibility, and all the heavy-handed edginess that you need to have a driving and heavy-sounding single.
Hunch Power pulls it off without a hitch.
So, definitely check this track out, and while you're at it, they have several tracks released that are absolutely outstanding as well, including last year's " Accentuate the Negative" and the also ever relatable "All I Do Is Survive".
All of these are well worth checking out.
Dive into this track so you can hear exactly where I'm coming from with it.
