A Collision Course: Sprain Interviewed

This fear and strain is also transmitted when listening to As Lost Through Collision. “From our perspective, lots of bands forget that there’s dynamics beyond loud and quiet,” Kent states. “There’s really, really, really loud and very, very, very quiet.” It sounds almost comically simple when spoken, but Sprain’s hair-raising movement between both polarities of the decibel meter is no laughing matter. It is a harsh and bold echo of the psychological vacillation at play in the creators’ minds – swinging between searing existential pain and numb hopelessness.

- I spoke to Alex Kent and April Gerloff of one of my favourite new bands, Sprain, about the creation of their thrilling debut album As Lost Through Collision. You can find that on The Quietus.