Resolve Release Debut Album “Between Me & The Machine”

The wait is almost over, as melodic post-hardcore trio Resolve return with their most beautiful, honest material to date, Between Me & The Machine, that is now available via Arising Empire. Dipping your toes before jumping in at the deep end is something that will reward you in more ways than you realise. Those extra hours spent wondering, “what if?” will all be worth it when you figure out the best way to make it a reality, rather than pushing too soon and being left to wonder, “what if we had done this differently?”

Resolve are a band that have been savouring every second of their journey so far and biding their time, observing, learning, building and making sure that every single aspect of how they’ve wanted the band to function was fully realised before delivering it to the world. But now is their time to show you what they have been working on. Between Me & The Machine follows on from their 2017 debut EP, Reverie, and the standalone single Carmelathe that was issued the following year, but it wasn’t until 2019 that they felt truly at home in their sound with the release of the Pendulum EP.

Made in the surroundings of Resolve HQ, a studio, rehearsal space and sanctuary built from the ground up, and crafted through the uncertainty and radical societal changes that came with the COVID-19 pandemic. The trio set about forging Between Me & The Machine, a record that perfectly encapsulates the chaos and callousness of the world we’re living in through Resolve‘s ambitious lens. The album is a richly textured, gutturally poignant collection of tracks that bat between white-hot riffs and shimmering ambience with the flick of the wrist.

Though dig a little deeper, you’ll find that Resolve delve even further into the emotional side of the times we live in. It’s an adventure, told through the eyes of a space explorer searching for a new world to inhabit, after being overwhelmed by the level of technological advancement on his own planet. It explores the internal struggles he experiences along the way, into the deepest corners of the heart and soul, a search for tranquillity in a world controlled via buttons and wires. It’s about the balance between the self-doubt that we’re losing who we are as a society and the fear of what we would be without the means to live our lives as they are right now. More than anything, it’s about humanity, connection and community, three things that have inspired the band from the very beginning.

Between Me & The Machine can be purchased and streamed here