Lythium have already got sold-out headline reveals and help slots with These Depraved Rivers and The Kut beneath their belt, so that they’re effectively on their solution to changing into too scorching to deal with arduous rock royalty. Their searing scorching riffs and vocals that simply match the flames and fervour in Assist Me are solely going to make them extra unreckonable within the underground rock scene.
Their steadiness of arduous rock reverence and their intuition for locating routes of reinvention with out tainting the core components leaves little doubt that the gates of the rock pantheon are cracking open for them. They’ve mastered the hard-rock anthem to the identical adrenaline-soaked diploma as acts like Velvet Revolver and Buckcherry, however you’ll be able to count on excess of pastiche in Assist Me. The bruising breakdowns come as a courtesy of the gnarled, virtually mechanised with ferocity rhythm part, including a visceral edge to the emotional rawness that punches by the combination.
The Preston-based alt-rock outfit carry collectively 4 skilled musicians with contrasting influences, united by a give attention to highly effective melodies and robust vocals that hit simply as arduous dwell. With Assist Me, they’ve captured their full-throttle power within the studio whereas signalling the size of what they’re able to. No matter’s subsequent, Lythium have made it clear they’re not coming quietly.
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Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
