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After a three year absence, Toronto post-metal outfit Sarin return with their third full-length record,
You Can t Go Back. Having long drifted away from their Hydra Head Records influence, Sarin find themselves creating some of the most uplifting music in post-metal. While the album explores lyrical concepts of growth amidst personal strife, Sarin create a sonic soundscape that is cathartic in ways unlike many of their peers.
You Can t Go Back builds itself up through series of distinctive guitar riffs that usher in emotive new movements throughout the album. From the heavy beginning of Cold Open, the chugs on Thick Mire, or the guitar solo of Leave Your Body, the riffs operate in ways that are both crushingly heavy and melodic. Perhaps the most spectacular moment on the record is the build-up on When You Melt ; the slow growth of shimmering guitar parts that form into a chunky plod is an emotional rollercoaster like no other.