Victory Through Sound built this track around pressure. The kind that comes with getting older and still trying to keep yourself together. The theme circles around mental fragility and that constant need to reset and push forward. Heavy idea, but the band wraps it in something bright enough to keep it moving.
The production is polished. The mixing is clean. Everything sits where it should. Guitars are sharp. Drums, powerful. The bassline is great and really drives the track forward when the chorus opens up. The vocals are catchy. Simple, direct and easy to latch onto after one listen.
Everything locks in without feeling stiff. The chorus is amazing and lands big but still feels natural. There’s a clear pop instinct running under the rock energy, and it works. You can tell this was designed carefully, but it doesn’t lose its pulse.
The vocal delivery is confident. The melodies and lyrics move together in a great way, almost like they were built side-by-side instead of layered later. Small detail, but it matters. The music video is outstanding. It adds another layer to the atmosphere without distracting from the song itself.
We honestly had a good time with this one. Victory Through Sound is a professional band and very sure of their lane right now. If this is the direction they’re pushing toward, we’re paying attention.
ABOUT THE BAND:
Charged with a desire to make epic and melody driven songs Andy Vaughan (Boy Girl Soup) formed Victory Through Sound with Spencer Parker during the winter of 2015 in Brighton. With a vision to craft wide-open and expansive, heroic sounding songs, Vaughan and Parker spent 2016 writing and recording demos and piecing together the remainder of the band. Michael Groves (Ex – Crystal Trip) joined on bass guitar mid 2016 and Al James joined on drums.
In 2016, the band were approached by Lester Square (Ex-Adam and the Ants, The Monochrome Set guitarist) and together they wrote the instrumental track, Ricochet. Andy went on to feature on Lester’s album Serotonin. Further to this, the band released Circus Girl featuring guest lead vocals by James Atkin, Ivor Novello winner and frontman to the globally successful band EMF. In 2017 Victory Through Sound made their first appearance at The Great Escape (in association with End of the Trail Records and Fierce Panda) the globally recognised music event held in Brighton featuring the best in unsigned artists. The band have gone on to support Echobelly in association with Lout Promotions and 90s indie favourites Space.
Spencer Parker and Al James left the band in 2022. Matt Tooke was recruited on drums, Yueko Ishida soon after on guitar. The debut album was recorded, partly in Brighton as well as Brixton with Graham Coxon, The Damned and Republica drummer Stephen Gilchrist at the controls, and is set for release early 2024.
