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Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf announce new split EP ‘The Lost & The Longing’

HOLDING ABSENCE and ALPHA WOLF have announced a new split EP!

Titled The Lost & The Longing, the upcoming split EP sees the Welsh post-hardcore band teaming up with the Australian metalcore outfit for a collaborative recording, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via SharpTone Records.

The upcoming split follows on from the Welshmen’s last album, The Greatest Mistake Of My Life and ALPHA WOLF‘s A Quiet Place To Die.

Speaking about the collaborative EP, Lucas Woodland of HOLDING ABSENCE says, “we’re ecstatic to be announcing The Lost & The Longing, our split EP with ALPHA WOLF! They are a band we’ve loved as people and musicians for years now, and we’re so grateful they wanted to drop this release with us. We can’t wait for people to hear our two new singles Aching Longing and Coffin, too! Aching Longing is our band at its heaviest yet, and Coffin is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum… We are always trying to stretch our band into new shapes, and can’t wait for people to hear what we’ve produced with these two tracks!”

Sabian Lynch of ALPHA WOLF adds, “we first met HOLDING ABSENCE back in 2019 at the Impericon fests in Europe and we got along like a house on fire. We really enjoy their super catchy tunes and luckily enough they enjoy our heavy tunes. We talked a bunch over social media and kept up to date with what they were doing and when Lucas (jokingly) mentioned that we should do a split, it surprisingly just seemed like the best idea ever. We both released albums around the same time and it made sense timing wise for us both to release new music at the same time Working with them has been a breeze and we’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

Alongside the announcement of the split EP, the two bands have released a new song from the upcoming EP; Aching Longing.

Listen to Aching Longing here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming split EP below:

Track List: 

1. 60cm Of Steel – ALPHA WOLF ft. HOLDING ABSENCE
2. Hotel Underground – ALPHA WOLF
3. Aching Longing – HOLDING ABSENCE ft. ALPHA WOLF
4. Coffin – HOLDING ABSENCE

The Lost & The Longing - Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf

The Lost & The Longing is set for release on August 15th via SharpTone Records/Greyscale Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on HOLDING ABSENCE and ALPHA WOLF like their respective pages on Facebook.

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.

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