What’s always set Counterparts apart from the pack is their thoughtfulness. The Ontario-based quintet have never relied on machismo or posturing to define them; instead, their music and lyrics have always examined a more introspective side of hardcore, looking at one’s very human faults and truths. It’s this unusual self-awareness that has made their upcoming new album, Nothing Left To Love, one of 2019’s most anticipated releases, and has made them a band even traditional fans look to for innovation within the scene. The band’s latest video, Paradise And Plague, is all about Counterparts’s unusually poetic side. Technically, the whole thing is performance footage — but you never see the faces of the band members. Instead, they p...
