Souls Extolled – ‘MMXXII’ [Album Review]

Austin, Texas-based psych-rock outfit Souls Extolled releases their third album, MMXXII, which is 2022 converted into Roman numerals and signifies the release of a new song every month over the course of 2022. The twelfth track from the album, “Down To Go,” was released on December 2. Speaking about “Down To Go,” guitarist/vocalist Zach Black says, “It is about the willingness to embrace the hard truths of life as well as new points of view and experiences that may be discomforting, difficult, or perilous. It does this through a story where you meet a dark figure that’s beckoning you into these new ideas or experiences, and through that willingness to embrace those things, finding essential truths about life. There’s definitely something in the staccato parts of the track reminiscent of Co...

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