Moodring : フロリダ州オーランドを拠点に活動するオルタナティヴ・メタルコアバンド、Moodringが、UNFDとの契約を発表しました。また同時に、EP『showmetherealyou』をリリースし、収録曲「Empty Me Out」のミュージックビデオを公開しています。

Underoathを彷彿とさせるカオスに、Loatheなどの香りも感じるフレッシュなサウンドが魅力的。UNFDとの契約もなんだか納得できるというか、Northlane的な雰囲気もあるように感じたりしますね。

Hunter Young | Vocals/Guitar
Sean Dolich | Guitar/Backing Vocals
Kalan Blehm | Bass
Lindy Harter | Drums

Forged in a furnace of experience, experimentation and existential crisis, Moodring is an entity orbiting a lone, core ambition: to create music with no ceiling.

“I grew up on the alternative bands of the 1990s,” says frontman Hunter Young; “No matter what new interests might come and go, I am forever drawn back to the classic albums of that era; they feel larger than life, not bound to a fad or trend – timeless. That’s what we aspire to with our band, to create songs that can transcend any scene.”

Between them, the members of Moodring – Young, guitarist Sean Dolich, drummer Lindy Harter and bassist Kalan Blehm – have a musical rap sheet longer than any of them care to recall. Yet, despite all this musical promiscuity, it wasn’t until May of 2019 that they finally found the vehicle that could carry forth their most authentic creative selves.

“We were searching for the sound in our heads,” says Hunter. “In modern life, we all struggle to stop, to be still; I know that there are few things that can hold my attention for very long. But when we are writing music for Moodring, we feel a different level of focus. Once we’d tapped the right vein, the sound just started to gush from us.”

Moodring’s Eureka moment came with ‘Gasoline’. A driving slab of rhythm guitars and atmospheric leads topped by moody, ethereal vocals, the song freed the dragon Hunter had been chasing. And, cage unlocked, the songs which comprise debut EP Showmetherealyou burst forth – Moodring was born.