IVY - Hush (2025) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit-48kHz - 558 MB
45:36 | Prog Rock, Heavy Metal | Label: VELVET the label.
Ivy is one of those bands whose beginnings may sound humble and ordinary, but whose debut album Hush, surges with scale and ambition. Meeting at school in Ōtepoti Dunedin during Covid, James Michael Axton (guitar, vocals), Connor James Cooper (bass), Ocean Temple Wilson (drums), Louis McAuley Stevenson (violin, backing vocals), and Jesse Tod Rutherford Hanan (vocals, guitar) forged their bond in practice rooms and late-night jams before honing their craft on the local scene. Along the way they built momentum with a series of smouldering singles and marked their rise by winning Bring the Noise 2023. Now comes Hush: self-composed, self-produced, and self-contained. It marries the weight of progressive rock and heavy metal with a classical ear for structure, while drawing shades of Radiohead’s OK Computer. At the heart of it are vocals that are both controlled and otherworldly, shaping the emotional contours of the record as much as the violin, guitars and drums.