HALLELUJAH THE HILLS, “People Keep Dying (And No One Can Stop It)”

From the rolling guitars carrying us through suburban houses and hospices to Ryan H. Walsh’s growling vocals that eventually erupt into throat-shredding yells, every part of this song feels ready to burst. It makes sense, because Hallelujah The Hills’ “People Keep Dying (And No One Can Stop It)” is grappling with a sad existential fact: with life, comes death. Everywhere they turn, from “the pages of a book nobody read” to “the corners of a song nobody needs,” the chanted chorus returns with the only honest answer: people keep dying and no one can stop it. Still, the Boston band exports us to another dimension in this track and releases that bubbling tension with never-ending guitar licks and expertly layered theremin throughout.

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