Contrasts finds an anchor of belligerent precision in their latest EP, False Idol, by utilising a mechanical grind that suggests they’ve spent fine tuning the friction and noise of their sound. Across the four tracks, is not only the sound of a band that understands that for a breakdown to land with any real weight, one first needs to feel the height of the fall.

On “Ghost In My Head,” the riffs move with a jagged and percussive force that is anchored by a vocal delivery that shifts from a dry and serrated rasp into something far more expansive. This same preoccupation with technical weight carries over into the title track, “False Idol,” where the music feels like a dense wall of sound that refuses to offer a clean exit. Elsewhere, “Armageddon” trades the immediate crush for a patient and architectural approach that begins with a subdued and skeletal allure before the restraint finally snaps. 

Leaving behind a cold and metallic aftertaste, False Idols shows that Contrasts is a band that knows exactly how to build something beautiful just to watch the weight of it bring the house down.