If you happen to comply with rock music in any capability, then you definately already know that the previous few years have been the best period within the historical past of the storied style. That stated, rockers The Corrupted Hearts aren’t letting the present tradition cease them from banging out a few of the slickest noise round of their new single “We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down,” an aptly-titled piece of uncooked thunder. Whether or not you’re a critical rock fan or just an off-the-cuff observer of the massive beats this model of music is thought for, “We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down” is a track and video you have to be analyzing proper now.

There’s a heavy different rock affect over the drum model on this monitor that instantly made me consider one other time proper out of the field, however this isn’t to say that something right here feels recycled or unoriginal. Quite the opposite, the spirit of unrelenting rock charisma that many say died when grunge gave solution to industrial pressures so a few years in the past seems to be alive and nicely in “We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down,” hitting us at full drive between the melodic eruptions being distributed from behind the microphone. It’s a tip of the cap to the previous but the depth of the songwriting feels very here-and-now.

The video for “We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down” is fairly lower and dry, even with the entire minimalism traits making it into the headlines recently, however The Corrupted Hearts didn’t must fill these pictures with any extra grandiosity than they already did. For the music to stay the first object of our affection, something greater than what we’re seeing on this performance-centric piece wanted to be stored on the sidelines, which is one thing I want this group’s rivals would attempt doing a while. These guys are musicians by means of and thru, and their new video asserts the place their priorities are – and hopefully the place they’ll stand sooner or later as nicely.

Although I just like the studio model of “We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down,” I can’t assist however wonder if or not this track was written particularly with the stage in thoughts. To a point, all rock songs are composed with the concept of the band exchanging feelings with a crowded live performance corridor full of individuals, however this monitor appears notably geared in the direction of reside performances through which its stomp might be correctly obtained. Their upcoming releases will inform us extra about their potential, however that is positively sufficient to get me greater than just a little excited.

The Corrupted Hearts nonetheless have a methods to go earlier than they’ll declare the identical place within the hierarchy of nice rock dynasties that a few of their influences at present do, however with “We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down” as their newest official launch, the way forward for their music is wanting very vivid certainly. Rock has been accused of being useless so many occasions within the final 20 years that it’s virtually stunning critics are even saying it in 2023, and on this single, The Corrupted Hearts make it all of the tougher to consider in as a lot with their riff-powered presence.

Mindy McCall