REPLACIRE - The Center That Cannot Hold (Vinyl) (LP)

The idea behind Replacire's third album was simple. Write some straight-ahead chuggers to feed the mosh
pit the next time these bearded whiz kids went on tour.
Of course, like any band that's worth its weight in colored sands, Replacire deviated from that initial thought
pattern. After disappearing down a seven-year rabbit hole, they emerged with more mind-bending tech-
death workouts. The title track ties your brain into a pretzel with knotted syncopated percussion and glitchy
finger taps.
It wasn't always so easy. But despite countless Zoom calls, bouts with sleep paralysis and one near trip to
the hospital, the Boston band stay strong on The Center That Cannot Hold. "I impose all I am / Death
entwined, rage inside / Blackened sky" new vocalist James Dorton roars, as if raising the weight of the
world high above his shoulders.