Release Date: September 05th 2025. Record Label: Church Road Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl
Recovery Language - Tracklisting
1.Tell The Truth
2.Nervous Impulse
3.Preserve & Cherish feat. Sam Carter
4.Feathered Nest
5.Inherit
6.The State Of Things To Come
7.You Have To Let It Go feat. Andrew Fisher
8.Pillar Of Strength
Members
Vocals/guitar - Jordan Hunsucker
Vocals/guitar - Alex Marr
Bass - Rob Pedroza
Drums - Elan O'Neal
Review
Recovery Language is the debut album from Hardcore/Punk Rock/Metallic mob Still In Love which is made up of members from bands such as Dead Swans, Throats, Brutality Will Prevail, Last Witness and Bring Me The Horizon. So a supergroup of sorts from the UK Hardcore scene and it maybe different from the usual Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal fare I usually feature but Recovery Language is a brutal slice of Metallic Hardcore that fuses elements of Doom, Thrash, Noise and Heavy Metal into its creative roots.
The songs are short, precise and full of pissed off passion with the grooves being played straight to the point with a real violent and emotional quality appearing throughout. The sound is quite melodic with twinges of Psychedelic swagger appearing but Still In Love focus mostly on their Post-Hardcore/Metallic Metal roots and the music is quite different to some of the members of their more famous bands.
The lyrics are gut-wrenching and aim for a technical knockout each and every time especially on tracks such as Tell The Truth, Nervous Impulse, Preserve & Cherish and Feathered Nest allowing the first half of the album allowing the band to play some of the finest and emotionally charged hardcore beats I’ve heard in some time.
The record shows that the UK Post-Hardcore scene is in very good hands indeed with bands such as Still In Love not afraid to experiment with genre conventions and adding other areas of music into the mix such as Psych, Thrash and Post-Doom influences. The end result is an album that’s absolutely ferocious but also equally uplifting in places despite the dark lyrical matter contained within the tracks.
The instrumental passages are delivered with superb technical precision with some of the music being played at 100 miles per hour especially the frantic drumming and jagged guitars. The vocals are quite jarring but add to the overall aggression and heaviness of the whole experience with Still In Love impressing even further on the second half of the record when some outstanding SONIC inducing moments appear.
The band have called upon the amazing vocal talents of Sam Carter (Architects) and Andrew Fisher (Basement) on the album's standout tracks of Preserve & Cherish and You Have To Let it Go. It’s always have sublime musicians such as Sam and Andrew to call upon to appear on your debut album and this still remains Still In Love’s show with the band putting in a devastating and commanding performance before everything is said and done.
My only complaint is that the record is too damn short but it’s better leaving people wanting more and nothing at all. However, with that being said, Recovery Language is everything you want from a debut album if you're a dedicated follower of the UK Post-Hardcore and Metallic Punk scene. Still In Love are no doubt going straight to the top with this incredible release.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Church Road Records for the promo.
Recovery Language is available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Church Road Records.
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