Rising Melbourne metalcore outfit Drown This City describes their new EP, Colours We Won’t Know, as “the ultimate purge of darkness.” For most, being locked down in a city like Melbourne could have been seen as the best option, for DTC vocalist Alex Reade, it forced her to address the demons she’d been suppressing for years. What that has resulted in is the band delivering their heaviest and most emotional music to date. The follow-up to their 2019 EP, Alpha//Survivor, is a dramatic listen. Veering from striking, haunting soundscapes to face-melting metalcore, Drown This City and, in particular, Reade, have clearly spent their lockdown digging deep into their emotions to produce this six-track effort. Songs like opener “Gemini” and “Beyond The Glare” are gut-wrenching displays, with Reade ...