CANDY – it’s inside you – CD

CANDY return with their new album, It’s Inside You. A brazen take on hardcore, metal, and disparate electronics and experimental soundscapes, It’s Inside You sees CANDY take another step forward with a compelling, extreme, and one-of-a-kind take on the genre.
From the frenzied album opener « eXisTenZ », CANDY’s intent is clear; It’s Inside You kicks off as violently as possible. Cited as thriving in « this jumble of gothic industrial and digitized metal » by Pitchfork, the single minute, thirty-second track twists and turns as a contorted thesis statement for what will follow. Tracks like « Dehumanize Me » continue this trend, establishing an interplay between ferocious hardcore stomps helmed by guitarist Michael Quick, with pulse-pounding, electronic rhythms set against this monstrous riffing. « Dreams Less Sweet » crashes and bashes onto the record, while vocalist Zachary Quiram mourns the modern condition: « dreams laid dead/stuck grieving/how do you fight the feeling?/are we living in a world just to die? »