Ground Dweller: Unimagine

Debut album Ground Dweller was well received by post-hardcore fans and its successor Unimagine was even more triumphant. While previous success can be a wonderful thing, it brings additional pressure to continue delivering against a strong trajectory. “The first album, no one really knows who you are or what they’re expecting to hear. The second album is definitely a challenge but Unimagine was received very well so we’ve made it even harder for ourselves. The third album is quite a challenge.” Ground Dweller introduced the band’s sound as post-hardcore wrapped inside a blanket of electronics and programming, an effect that added a unique quality to the music, but sometimes felt overwhelming and cluttered. Unimagine maintained the overall sound but added clarity, dampening some of the heaviness and electronics that clouded the music. The third album is likely to sit somewhere in between: “It’s almost a combination of the two records. Unimagine was a lot cleaner, crisp and refined, whereas I think we’re heading for a bit of a darker side …show more content…
We want to make music that we want to make and hopefully people will enjoy, but if people aren’t responding to certain elements of it then that definitely influences some of the stuff we write.” While “I Am” is indicative of the new album’s general direction, listeners should expect variation on the album as well. “[I Am] is at the heavy end of the spectrum, but that kind of vibe is definitely carried through to other songs. We’re not going to release something that makes people think ‘holy shit this album is totally different to what they have been in the past’; it’s still going to be us, but I’d say that’s a pretty good gauge of some of the stuff that can be expected on the