In 2024, hardcore is evolving in a manner that sees the style extra vibrant than ever. As new bands rise, the foundations of heavy music are slowly evolving. Working exhausting to reinvent the wheel is rising hardcore/electronica-fusion duo, Home of Safety.

Made up of former Fever 333 band members, Stephen Harrison and Aric Importa, Home of Safety are on a mission to bridge the hole between hardcore followers and their idols. Since debuting on Instagram again in April, the pair quickly drew the eye of many with their unyielding power, and the sense that they have been cooking up one thing particular.

Earlier this month, they made good on the hype, with a debut EP, GALORE coated in explosive breakdowns, gnarly riffage, melodic vocals and three-dimensional manufacturing.

“Figuring out we’re a two-piece after which listening to the songs, is so much,” says frontman and lead guitarist Stephen Harrison – who’s additionally a veteran of hardcore heroes Most cancers Bats and The Chariot – and he’s not fallacious. There’s a significantly massive sound coming from two musicians. And it’s no accident – the duo made positive to study on all the things they’ve realized in previous bands to create one thing that’s really large.

“I really like the thought of it simply being a two-piece,” says Harrison. “Making the largest, roundest guitar tone I can with out the assistance of the rest and filling within the hole the place it’s wanted with digital or no matter. I’ve executed five-[piece bands], 4 and three, and I actually wish to journey this two-piece out. We’re not going to restrict ourselves sonically as a result of they’re solely two of us.”

That they don’t. Every tune on the EP is full of hovering guitars, kaleidoscopic manufacturing and beckoning drum solos. Debut single, It’s Supposed To Damage – created with ex-Carry Me the Horizon keyboardist and producer Jordan Fish – is a firecracker introduction to who Home of Safety are.

House Station

However away from the bombast, the core mission of Home of Safety is about making a secure house and unity with its followers. “As somebody who has been performing for a very long time, I perceive how breaking down the limitations with the viewers and performers makes an enormous distinction,” says Harrison.

It’s Supposed To Damage typifies this, and was actually the primary tune the band wrote throughout their inaugural studio session.

“It’s such a symbolic tune for us as a result of that was the second we found our voices,” says Harrison. Though each band members have beforehand labored on BVs and adlibs for quite a few tasks, Harrison confesses that this was a brand new expertise for him.

“I’ve executed backups for bands, and visitor vocals for artists, however by no means something as critical as fronting a venture vocally,” he says. On GALORE the duo share a path to discovering their sound as newly coined vocalists. “Jordan additionally coached me within the studio with discovering my register and how one can maintain notes,” says Harrison.

Discovering how they need their sound to symbolize them hasn’t been the quickest course of whereas making the EP. “The journey has been so lengthy that I forgot there’s a vacation spot,” says Harrison. “It’s been a studying expertise, however a enjoyable and rewarding one too. It’s been nice to step again and see that we’re stronger singers by means of it. As soon as Jordan jumped in to assist the method, it sparked a brand new stage of pleasure for us.”

Working with Fish was additionally one thing Harrison had all the time envisioned. As greatest pals, the 2 had usually spoken about collaborating. “He’s a genius, that’s not a phrase I throw round calmly,” says Harrison. “Musically, he’s on a stage that most individuals aren’t and it’s easy. On the subject of producing and composing – he has a superb thoughts, and it’s an honour to work with him on one thing like this.”

Valentine Card

As for his or her gear, Harrison’s guitar of alternative comes considerably as a shock to hardcore followers – a Music Man Valentine Chambered. Sure, he’s utilizing the semi-hollow signature mannequin for James Valentine, guitarist of chart-topping pop-rockers Maroon 5. It’s not precisely a standard guitar for a hardcore band, however Harrison swears by the instrument.

“It’s one in all my favorite guitars I’ve ever performed reside, and even, simply owned,” he says. “It’s been by means of hell, but it surely’s nonetheless a stable piece of labor.”

Home Of Safety are nonetheless discovering their toes as a reside entity, and figuring out methods to convey the large sound on document in a reside surroundings.

“There are some issues we’re ironing out so far as how the present sounds,”he says cryptically. “We would like the viewers to get used to not understanding what to anticipate.”

You’d count on them to have all of it nailed down earlier than their upcoming headline present in London’s legendary Camden Underworld venue.

“I’m extra enthusiastic about this than any present ever,” Harrison enthuses. “I feel that it’s going to be a present. I really like UK crowds, I really like taking part in London and UK excursions. I’ve gotten a lot love from the UK through the years, to have the ability to step again into that power with one thing that’s mine, I’m past excited. It’s going to be one for the books.”

As a seasoned musician, Harrison is having fun with this new chapter he’s constructed with Importa. “Each band that I’ve been in – Most cancers Bats, The Chariot, Fever – these match and got here on the precise proper time,” he says. “I don’t assume I’d’ve successfully been ready to do that band at every other level in my life. I feel I wanted to hit a stage of maturity markers earlier than having the ability to be a frontperson and all that entails. The place Eric and I are proper now, Home Of Safety is appropriate. Fever was cool for a time and when it wasn’t we left. I feel everyone seems to be now the place they should be. Fever is doing nice and so are we.”

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