GRAND COLLAPSE – Empty Plinths LP (PINK w/slight Marble Vinyl)

GRAND COLLAPSE (UK) - Empty Plinths LP (2022) Pink w/slight Marble vinyl. This third instalment from Grand Collapse takes its name from the emotive scenes witnessed with the tearing down of the Colston statue in Bristol. Empty Plinths leaves you with hardly any time to catch a breath between songs – this itself reflecting many of the themes explored in the album, including race and class divide, as well as animal and human rights. There is a hint of the melodic guitar from previous albums, though with a more Thrashy Metal sound to it, which can clearly be heard on Without Let or Hindrance and Empty Plinths.

Empty Plinths is as unapologetic as it is angry, aggressive and honest, with a fitting tribute to Icons Of Filth as a hidden bonus at the end of the record. Most of this album was written during 2020, with many of the social tensions experienced during that year being projected through the writing. You can feel the anger, you can hear it.

And with such honest and descriptive lyrics, you can almost see it. A brilliant third album from a much loved band who show no interest in slowing down. Urinal Vinyl Records – UVLPEE80, Epidemic Records – EPID053, TNS Records – TNS104, Dustywax Records (Canada) – DWR-004, Don't Trust The Hype – DTTH70