Currents in Phoenix
Article Written and Photos by Sarai Kelley
Hailing from Fairfield, Connecticut. Metalcore group Currents has perfected their heart-shattering breakdowns since their formation in 2011. Consisting of vocalist Brian Wille, guitarist Chris Wiseman, bassist Christian Pulgarin, and drummer Matt Young. After years of opening support for bands like Ice Nine Kills, Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, Fit For A King, and We Came As Romans; Currents took their visceral maelstrom around the U.S. for their first-ever headlining tour, “The Death We Seek” beginning in early May with support from Like Moths To Flames, Invent Animate, Foreign Hands, and Unitytx; selling out practically every show to date.
The band has curated and mastered earth-shattering vocals, monstrous breakdowns, and melodic riffs all wrapped up in that Connecticut groove. Currents are ingenious, to say the least, they’ve skillfully articulated a wondrous discography of astounding and jaw-dropping metallic hardcore that is ever-consuming in aggressive melodies and electronic texture. Their lyrics pull from internal grief, not afraid to dive head into self-revelations of failure, heartache, physical abuse, abandonment, trauma – no dark emotion is spared examination. They’ve created a threshold of expectation for death-infused metalcore, lovers of rock and hardcore alike have embraced Currents without a blink.
The band is a perfect concoction of their own contemporaries and influences, channeled through unique perspectives and personal experience, resulting in something immersive. The band leaves no ounce of energy off of the stage, and the sold-out Nile Theater in Mesa, Arizona was on a rampage for it. The room was stretched from wall to wall with pure chaos, from my aerial view above there was not an inch of that floor that wasn’t moving. Currents simulated passion, setting the expectation of pandemonium from the first breakdown
and the crowd did not disappoint. Currents is a band you don’t want to miss.
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