Resilia is one of the newer outcroppings of progressive post hardcore bands that are no doubt carrying the lineage of Dance Davin Dance and the swancore legacy. There are a few important distinctions that should be made, however.
This band appears to regard the song first and the noodle second. Such an approach may place them stylistically closer to their contemporaries in The Home Team and their predecessors Sianvar and Hail the Sun. There appears to exist a kind of extravagance they can suppress while thoughtfully controlling a structural soundness in their works.
For example, it is hard to imagine spinning up “12 Sided” or “Unlovable” without a singing or dancing paroxysm following from any audience with functioning physiology. These are certified bangers with impossible hooks to resist in any radius, but have just enough technical heft to satisfy the reliably neurodiverse segment of a progressive music fanbase.
Songs like “Ruby” and “Overshoot” seem to distill an essential energy of a charismatic era of post hardcore; honoring forebears such as Saosin and Lower Definition in their own collective voice. Even “Cowboy Killer” touches on a very specific permutation of the post hardcore canon any longtime fan of Circa Survive should recognize immediately.
Alongside these tracks “Multifarious” and “Redux” could be the most fun for many initiated on swancore tradition – it takes little imagination to picture them nestled in a playlist with any Kurt Travis era of A Lot Like Birds.
“It Was Never In Doubt” has an almost Japanese jazz fusion flavor in its modulations sounding elevator appropriate, but not out of place in the litany of guitar driven bands drawing from such a well.
Tying all of these movements across the spectrum to post-post hardcore is the undeniable star of Daisy Chamberlin, who, like many of the bands mentioned throughout this review has the talent of expertly coloring the album with a distinct and versatile vocal performance. Bold singers seem to be a necessity in this scene, which portends well for the young band with a career we can only hope rivals the rest in longevity.
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