There is nothing like easing into the New Year with a nice easy gig, so I chose to kick off my 2025 by heading down to Project House on the outskirts of Leeds, where hardcore/punk “supergroup” Better Lovers were about to lay waste to the Yorkshire venue. Opening up the tour were Louiseville outfit Greyhaven, who threw themselves straight into things, showing they weren’t along just for the ride. A vicious mix of mathcore and metalcore dowsed in melody, frontman Brent Mills was clearly enjoying being out on the road, informing the crowd new material was on the way as the band stamp through the “Confined Collapse,” “The Welcome Party,” and “Blemish.” Equally unapologetic in their delivery was special guest Frontierer, who hit the stage like a car bomb going off. For a chaos-soaked forty minu...