For Northern Ireland rockers Therapy?, resilience and survival have become watchwords, and those qualities are evident on their new album, Hard Cold Fire - their first in nearly five years.
Written and pre-produced during an unprecedented time for music, the album is hefty, compact, but accessible. It’s a distillation of everything that has made them what they are - hewn from County Antrim basalt, still possessed of their stoicism, but casting a renewed focus on catharsis and healing. With 10 brand new dark bangers produced by Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Garbage, Big Country), Hard Cold Fire shows no signs of the band slowing down four decades into their career.
Vocalist/guitarist Andy Cairns explains the first single, "Poundland of Hope and Joy," "this track started out as a hard take on how people lose themselves in narratives to the point that the myth takes on greater importance than the fact. Just like the old adage about the liar repeating the lie so much that they eventually believe it themselves, the culture around us is bursting with fairy stories we tell ourselves.”
Enduring over three decades as the musical, cultural, and social landscapes have shifted around them, the trio have forged and retained a powerful and lasting connection with a dedicated fan base around the world, doing so by putting their emphasis on the music, solidifying a hard-won reputation as forward-thinking writers and a fierce live proposition in the process.