If you think that rock has lost its bite, Solars is here to say that isn’t so. If you think instrumental music somehow plays second fiddle to that with a lyrical component, then you need to give A Hill To Die On a spin.
I would argue that words often get in the way of music’s true potential. That without the lyrics to get in the way, to take you by the hand and lead you to the exact conclusion that the writer intended, instrumental is actually more nuanced and open to interpretation, able to be all things to all people.
And so A Hill To Die On is both intensely delivered and, emotive and changeable, it is about as impactful as you can get but runs through any number of subtle and supple sonic seasons too. When was the last time a straight out, sing-along, three minute rocker did all of that? Never, I guess.
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