ERRA

Humans are often in a constant state of flux, caught between the past and present, between different emotions, between one thing ending and another one beginning. That’s kind of a recurring theme on silence outlives the earth, the seventh full-length album by ERRA. On its eleven songs, the Birmingham, AL five-piece explore all those conflicts, as well as the distance that exists between them. Formed in 2009, the band have always contrasted violent aggression with soothing contemplation within their music. silence outlives the earth is the clearest example of the band’s musical and thematic acuity to date. From the moment it kicks off, it’s an album that exists in a liminal space of its own creation and explores what it means to be between. The existential, contemplative nature of these songs is matched by the mystical, ethereal disposition of their quieter moments—but there’s plenty of crushing catharsis, too.