Album review: Candy – It’s Inside You

There are points on this third album from powerhouse U.S. band Candy which are so ridiculous you just have to grin. Take the title track, which throws together breakcore beats, hip hop/nu-metal-style record scratching, a guitar solo from guesting Trash Talk man David Gagliardi and breezeblocks of chugging riffola, with ludicrously enjoyable results. Hardcore’s heaviness is often expressed with stony-faced attitude, and there is plenty of that here too – but It’s Inside You also finds space for sheer, unabashed fun.  Heaven Is Here, from 2022, proved the band were no slouches when it came to forward-thinking extremity, but this time out the fusion of fearsome metallic power and leftfield electronica hits new levels of raw energy. In this context, even the straightforward 90-s...

unsplash-logoLilith Redmoon