Witch Fever - FEVEREATEN

There are people out there who instinctively associate colours and pictures with sounds - a condition known as chromesthesia - and then there are those who can make the average person associate colours and pictures with music via their own ability to craft atmosphere. Witch Fever are the latter, conjuring images of swimming in basslines and trudging through hefty guitar riffs on this second album, ‘FEVEREATEN’. Here, songs tower over like evergreens in a forest, crashing in from above like a veil of pouring rain to sweep everything away like an avalanche, an immersion into the natural world the band have constructed.


Frontwoman Amy Walpole’s crisp vocals have an sharp eeriness to them, before guttural screams take over; ‘FINAL GIRL’ and ‘NORTHSTAR’ ebb and flow with the intensity of both, playing off the anticipation of ‘DRANK THE SAP’ and ‘BURN TO HIT’ with a full-throttle endeavour that crashes in unexpectedly. Disregarding typical song structures without a second thought, they include sounds and textures from across indie, grunge, post-punk, post-rock, metal, and hardcore to be arranged in a way that conveys not just melancholy, but also angst, tension, bittersweetness, lightness, and enchantment, depending on the track. On ‘FEVEREATEN’, Witch Fever are relentless in their pursuit of textural and sonic intricacies, dancing through eerie, Midsommar-esque soundscapes to vividly paint their sonic vision.