Towards The Light, recently released output by Italy-based Hardway, showcases the band at its best. Fast, intense hardcore executed with a solid flow and great musical production. There’s a lot of energy to these songs, but you can’t help sensing the feeling of anger, dirt and pain creeping through. Almost five years into its existence, the band seems to finally have found its playing sound. Here’s the short interview with the band about the new EP.
Towards The Light, recently released output by Italy-based Hardway, showcases the band at its best. Fast, intense hardcore executed with a solid flow and great musical production. There’s a lot of energy to these songs, but you can’t help sensing the feeling of anger, dirt and pain creeping through. Almost five years into its existence, the band seems to finally have found its playing sound. Here’s the short interview with the band about the new EP.Tell us something about the upcoming EP, "Towards The Light"? Is there any major difference compared to your last album?
Towards The Light is the new EP coming out really soon on StrikeDown Records, it contains 5 tracks we've written and arranged during the last 2 years. Compared to our last album (Hold Out To The Last) is more intense and visceral, we've tried to search a raw sound, less metallic without the drum trigger and other studio effects. It's definitely more mature, the gloomy lyrics describing anger, hope, pain and dreams in drastic visions. We're really satisfied about it.
Towards The Light - what does this title mean to you?
It means to always follow what you’re looking for, if you got a target, do all what you need to find and reach it. The Light suggests you the way to carry on and don't lost during the route.
When do you think the EP will be released?
In the first months of 2012.
Have the recent political and economical issues in Italy affected you personally or how you run the band in any way?
It will touch all of us indirectly, causes the increase of property taxes, on market prices, retirement prospects, we are all involved.
Do you have any opinion about the ongoing crisis in Italy, and Europe in general? How do you think it will evolve?
The crisis of 2008 was umpteenth time equation gone badly because of political speculation of banks and the average citizen who was addressing them as if it was an information door not considering the possible implications of their maneuvers debt.
Said that, in the near future we think that there will be a more significant gap between rich and poor even with current measures, if they can contribute to limit the stock of public debt does not facilitate the recovery and not even the development necessary to restart the economy.
What’s next after the EP is released? Do you have any other tours planned?
We're planning some shows to promote the new Ep, but most importantly we're working on new songs that blow your mind and we'll record them soon.
Is there anything else you want to say?
Thank you for interest in Hardway, follow us on facebook and our tumblr because more news are coming with new good tunes! Peace on earth war on stage!
