Accompanying the album announcement with the release of new single Beyond Belief, Holding Absence are back with a renewed fire and a sharpened vision.

Welsh quintet Holding Absence have shown themselves to be quite the masters of capturing raw human emotion in the most visceral manner possible, and they bring this sensibility with them into their newest work Beyond Belief. Acting as the introduction for the band’s next chapter, Beyond Belief is the debut single off newly-announced sophomore album The Greatest Mistake Of My Life, set to be released on 16th April 2021.

Blending uplifting guitar melodies and ardent vocals to create an all-encapsulating listening experience, the new track maintains the same emotional core that defined the band’s previous music whilst hinting at a new sonic direction, leaving us excited for what more Holding Absence have in store.

Speaking more about the release and album announcement, vocalist Lucas Woodland shares:

We are ecstatic to finally unveil ‘Beyond Belief’ to the world! Just as jumping from black and white into colour is a huge change for our band, we believe the transition into ‘Beyond Belief’, and subsequently ‘The Greatest Mistake Of My Life’, is similarly significant. ‘Beyond Belief’ sees our band embracing the 80’s indie-shoegaze era with both arms, while still gripping firmly onto all the sounds that have made us who we are up until now. A song about love, and the fear of permanence – this really is Holding Absence, like you’ve never heard us before.

Further teasing us about what’s lying in store, the band elaborates of the album:

This album is about telling stories that are presented through the lens of hindsight, regret and looking back. There are songs that celebrate life when faced with death, and others that speak to the choices we make about how we live our lives. The fear of love, newfound respect for life and the covering up of depression are all subjects that rear their head. ‘The Greatest Mistake Of My Life’ exercises emotion in many ways, and that was an important thing for us to do, because emotion isn’t rigid – it’s not just love or joy or sadness – it’s a lot of things.

Holding Absence have also confirmed a run of eight UK shows throughout October and November 2021. The shows will be the band’s biggest headline tour yet, rounding off with a huge show at London’s Electric Ballroom on the 6th November.

October

28 – Cardiff, Y Plas

29 – Oxford, O2 Academy 2

30 – Birmingham, O2 Institute 2

31 – Sheffield, Leadmill

November 

02 – Glasgow, Garage 2

03 – Newcastle, Think Tank

04 – Manchester, O2 Academy 3

06 – London, Electric Ballroom