LVCQ Drops A Heavy and Vast Single

A new single release from LVCQ delivers a unique and edgy blend of grunge, alternative rock, and even shoegaze attributes, all bringing out a bit of personality and creating this vast and spacious atmosphere that is not without the heaviness that you would expect from alternative or grunge music.

"You Are Me" gives off a pretty hard-hitting sonic drive with a blistering guitar tone and still keeps to some of that classic and melodic grunge style with a great chord progression combined with heavy-handed drumming.

Now, the drums on this track really push the envelope and I feel like a lot of the rest of it sort of pushes off of that energy itself.

The drum performance here does indeed make you think of more alternative rock and the mix is amazing because the kick drum just cuts through everything.

This is exactly what you want when you get a track like this. You want to hear the drums really loud, in your face, and just deliver that powerhouse energy.

The track is introduced with some great bendy guitar work. The guitar in the intro of the song is drenched in reverb effects, so it creates a distant feel and starts building on that vast and expansive underbelly that the song keeps underneath all that heaviness.

Because of that kind of stuff, this track actually feels a little bit cinematic.

The shoegaze element comes in from the vocals. The vocals have a heavier wetness to them with more reverb, making them sort of flowing throughout the song.

The vocals give you the sensation of floating through the ether of the soundscape itself and I like this because, again, I'm a big fan of shoegaze and I think this track brings together those different genres perfectly.

The heavy rock, grunge, alternative, and shoegaze, are all pretty seamless, and it's because of the different songwriting approaches, tones of the instruments, and effects used to mix the track that this works perfectly.

You can clearly tell a lot of that was paid attention to and probably thought of before the mix even took place.

The vocals are also pretty high octane, delivering a robust energy, they are more melodic, but they're belting. This is needed because I think the vocals come even though they're wet and shoegaze approached, also match the energy level and intensity of the rest of the song.

So, although they're more melodic and pushed into the mix further, they do display a closed-fisted loudness and energy that's undeniable.

There's some great breakdown sections in the track that deliver classic melodic metal and this is where you can start hearing even more of the different influences the artist holds close.

What's most amazing about this is the simple fact that it's done by one person and even though it has that boisterous atmosphere, it displays an edgy heaviness that has a bit of a dark overtone.

The fact that it was one person is sort of mind-blowing, simply because when you listen to the track, the energy feels alive.

It feels like a song that was recorded by a group of people, live on the floor, with each member feeding off of each other's energy the entire time.

It gives you the air of a live performance, in a sense.

To have one person pull that off is pretty impressive.

This song gives a heavy mood and I got pulled right into it and let it engulf me straight away.

That mood is displayed right in the intro of the song with those reverb-drenched guitars, and once it explodes into the heaviness and main riffs, I was done for.

I grew up with a lot of grunge and metal, and this is influenced by that classic metal approach.

This was a pretty explosive but intensely melodic piece of work that was very well-thought-out and performed with a perfect energy to have the song not only flow, but hit exactly the way it was intended.

I would definitely check this one out and don't be afraid to turn it up, because it sounds even better that way.

Again, this is for fans of both metal and shoegaze, grunge, and alternative rock. This is a heavy rock single that has the right kind of attitude and approach to leave it mark.

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