Hard Cold Fire

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For long-time fans, this new offering will reward an attentive ear in terms of musical flourishes and Cairns’ trademark lyrical substance, but as a finished product, the band has set out to create something that stands alone, and ‘Hard Cold Fire’ achieves just that. On 16 January 2020, the band announced that they would be releasing a greatest hits compilation, titled Greatest Hits (The Abbey Road Session). [33] The album featured newly re-recorded versions of 12 Top 40 UK singles spanning the albums Nurse, Troublegum, Infernal Love, and Semi-Detached, and was recorded at the venerable Abbey Road Studios in November 2019.

Northern Irish stalworth’s Therapy? are set to release their latest studio album “Hard Cold Fire” on the 5th of May and it is amazing, number sixteen in their illustrious catalogue and its fair to say that with no signs of letting up, this is up there with some of their best. Resilience and survival have become vital watchwords for Therapy?. Enduring over three decades as the musical, cultural and social landscapes have shifted around them, the trio have forged and retained a powerful and lasting connection with a dedicated fan base around the world, doing so by putting their emphasis on the music, solidifying a hard-won reputation as forward-thinking writers and a fierce live proposition in the process. When I came home, I got depressed,” says Cairns. “I came home euphoric because the tour was such a success, came in the front door, and then after about a week I said to my wife, ‘I feel really flat, I don't know what's wrong’. She said to me, 'I haven't seen you sad, flat or down once in the last two years, and I think it's actually hitting you now', and I think that's maybe what happened. Critical Junctions: April 2008". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009 . Retrieved 24 February 2009.

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Andy Cairns uses several Gibson SG and a Gibson Explorer. He has changed his effects pedals a few times. [44] As of November 2023, he used a small pedalboard powered by a T-Rex Fuel Tank Junior: Boss Chromatic Tuner → Electro-Harmonix POG Nano → Marshall SV-1 Supervibe → Boss Digital Delay. Resilience and survival have become vital watchwords for Therapy?.Enduring over three decades as the musical, cultural and social landscapes have shifted around them, the trio have forged and retained a powerful and lasting connection with a dedicated fan base around the world, doing so by putting their emphasis on the music, solidifying a hard-won reputation as forward-thinking writers and a fierce live proposition in the process. There's a tension there where it's almost like people think these could be the 'end days' and so they're all fighting for their own little patch. It's disgusting. In fact ‘Hard Cold Fire’ is the band’s 16 th album given them an average output of an album just over every two years. Over such a sustained period this is a remarkable achievement, particularly over the past decade during which most acts of a similar ilk would have long slowed down.

Cordova, Daniel (5 May 2023). "The Weekly Injection: New Releases From Dave Lombardo, Unearth & More Out Today 5/5". Metal Injection . Retrieved 27 May 2023. We had twenty-odd songs, half of them were more experimental, the others were very classic Therapy - melodic, propulsive drums, churning basslines. We listened to all the songs, and we agonised, and we thought, post-pandemic, we want something that, as much as Therapy can do, is slightly joyous. I don't know why, but I think there's a great deal of empathy on this record, it's like empathetic pop, with Helmet-esque guitars. When we began to rehearse the songs, we realised there was an empathetic quality to them. We wanted to make something that was a bit more relatable, and less standoffish and claustrophobic - which we have a history of, and it stands in places - but we wanted to make something more approachable and open." Ozuna, Hernan (10 March 2023). "Therapy? announces new album Hard Cold Fire, drops "Joy" video". Chaoszine . Retrieved 27 May 2023. The bruising punk noise of To Disappear is up next and segues into the menacing bite of Mongrel before the brilliantly and perfectly titled second single Poundland Of Hope And Glory introduces itself with its instantly memorable riffs and hooks and a catchiness that is undeniable; this is a song that is sure to become an instant live favourite when THERAPY? tour in support of the album. The record concludes with the powerful Ugly before the initially melancholy but ultimately completely uplifting Days Kollaps finishes things off on a sheer high and signals the end of a superb album, one of the best that THERAPY? have ever made – it is that good.Much has been made over the years of the unusual question mark suffix to the band's name. In early interviews the band said that the name was "really deep" and intended to raise the question "do you need therapy?", but in a 1992 interview guitarist Andy Cairns admitted that it was a chance design when he was working on the band's first record sleeve. Working with Letraset transfers, Cairns misaligned the band's name, and used the "?" icon to fill the space to the right. "And then we thought, well maybe we can bluff our way through when people start reading into it." [38] Collaborations and other appearances [ edit ]

Therapy?'s Andy Cairns shares his fave albums". Hotpress. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019 . Retrieved 11 August 2016. When we began to rehearse the songs, we realised there was an empathetic quality to them. We wanted to make something that was a bit more relatable, and less standoffish and claustrophobic – which we have a history of, and it stands in places – but we wanted to make something more approachable and open.” Beebee, Steve (2 May 2023). "Album review: Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire". Kerrang! . Retrieved 4 May 2023. The Gemil Box Therapy Question Mark". Archived from the original on 28 October 2013 . Retrieved 16 November 2013.

Even with something as simple as 'road rage', it's gotten to the point now where suddenly people's default setting 'I'll kill you!'. Everything is so incendiary all of a sudden, and as someone who comes from the north of Ireland, that's not a term I use lightly. But I knew that I wanted to keep playing the guitar, that was important, so I had a little routine, and I also knew I wanted to write new material, but I didn't want it to be about Covid, while I was living through it. I was very, very positive, and I know the other two lads were quite similar.” For long-time fans, this new offering will reward an attentive ear in terms of musical flourishes and Cairns’trademark lyrical substance, but as a finished product, the band has set out to create something that stands alone, and ‘Hard Cold Fire’achieves just that. Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. KAKISTOCRACY out now! – Therapy Question Mark". 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019 . Retrieved 12 September 2020.

days ago Two Door Cinema Club have announced a massive concert for summer 2024 with a show at Custom House Square, Belfast on Thursday 15th August 2024. Carey, Wayne (1 May 2023). "Therapy?: Hard Cold Fire – review – Album of the Week!". Louder Than War . Retrieved 4 May 2023. The serrated, chugging riffage, churning low-end and propulsive rhythms that are hallmarks of the band’s sound are all present and correct, but met with a new-found sense of resolution and release, as most readily displayed on the one-two punch of their first single, ‘Joy’. Pendulum, Therapy? & Dir en Grey for Knebworth 2010 | Official Sonisphere Festival UK – 2010 – Knebworth House, 30th July, 1st August". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010 . Retrieved 7 April 2010. days ago LIES!: Dutch metallic hardcore gang drops video for “Propaganda” (ft. Hugo Zerrad – Worst Doubt) via Invisible Oranges; 2nd album comes early December

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Andy Cairns. "Band History". Therapyquestionmark.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 27 June 2016. I was expecting a nightmare - they've all been great, Universal have been very, very proactive, and they've got the band involved at every point with reissues. Demolition Records were fantastic, they had us up for a day in the Newcastle studio which we used to record in, they can never do enough for us - I think there might be a breakthrough in the coming months with Southern for reissues of [early EPs] Babyteeth and Pleasure Death.” Some of their songs were used in movies and video games. "Auto Surgery" and "Teethgrinder" are featured on Electronic Arts' video game Road Rash for the 3DO, Saturn, and PlayStation consoles while "Nowhere" is featured on EA Sports's video game " NCAA Football 2006" for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2 consoles. Belfast is sold out already, and Cairns is looking forward to also welcoming a bunch of old friends to their Dublin gig. It already feels like an anniversary celebration worth waiting for. As Therapy?’sfourth decade finally gets underway in earnest, sixteenth album ‘ Hard Cold Fire’,written and pre-produced during an unprecedented time for music, is hefty, compact, and accessible, a distillation of everything that has made them what they are – hewn from County Antrim basalt, still possessed of their stoicism, but casting a renewed focus on catharsis and healing.