“I promise, somewhere in there is this glimmer of hope”: Why Softcult’s debut album is a story of self-reclamation

After unveiling its narrative arc with Pill To Swallow, Naive and latest single 16/25, Softcult have finally announced their debut album, When A Flower Doesn’t Grow. In an exclusive interview, the Canadian twin siblings explain why it represents a transformation from “radicalisation and realisation” towards empowerment – with a vital reminder that there’s always light at the end of the tunnel…

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Lorna Shore: “The band’s growing so fast that it’s hard to keep your hands on the wheel. Sometimes you’ve got to let it drag you around”

Lorna Shore: “The band’s growing so fast that it’s hard to keep your hands on the wheel. Sometimes you’ve got to let it drag you around”

Since the recruitment of the demonic-voiced dynamo Will Ramos, Lorna Shore’s ascension to the top of the metal mountain has been rapid, with blistering festival sets and sell-out shows. As they prepare to unleash another dose of hellfire in I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me, the fearless frontman takes us inside the personal trauma that feeds the record, and why they’re breaking free of expectation…

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