I CLIMBED TO SHATTER THESE WORLDLY DREAMS. I STRIVED TO CONQUER WORLDLY DEMONS. AND I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT ENOUGH. I WORKED AND I WAS NOT ENOUGH. AS JUST A WORLDLY THING, BORN INTO THIS AND ALL ITS LIMITS, I FEEL COMPELLED TO LEARN. I FEEL COMPELLED TO LISTEN. BUT AS A TOXIC THING, BORN INTO THIS AND ALL ITS PRISONS, I’VE GOT NO RIGHT TO LEAVE AND I’VE GOT NO POWER. TO LIGHT ALL YOUR TORCHES WITH FLAME, TO EARN THAT WHICH I HAVE BEEN GIVEN. MY LIVING IS NOT ENOUGH. MY DYING IS TOO CLOSE.
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021