Hard-working Manchester post-grunge band The Empty Page have added an atmospheric dimension to their music that gives their new single, When We Gonna Run, a haunting, almost shoegaze backdrop to its glorious wall of sound of sound. With the melodic melancholia of Smashing Pumpkins jousting with the twisted pop/noise of Sonic Youth, The Smiths, and even the atmospheric end of Killing Joke at their apocalyptic balladeering period, it’s an emotive and haunting slice of power. Set in a pre-apocalyptic hellscape (aka 2025), this song is about preparing to get the hell out of somewhere. It’s a love song of sorts, clinging to a cinematic ideal of love as you lose all sense of belonging in a place you no longer recognise.
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