The Hara

THE HARA didn't write this album for the industry. Why would they, when the strange, structureless world they live in has ground them down and made them spiral into doubt? And why would they, when they prize their authenticity as much as they do? The Manchester, UK trio – vocalist Josh Taylor, drummer Jack Kennedy and guitarist Zack Breen - create from a place of undistilled, unadulterated intention. Crucially, those songs all form the building blocks for their supercharged live shows, the environment where they feel like they blossom into their truest, best selves.  When it came to threading the material they'd accumulated for new album The Fallout they knew they wanted to shift into a higher gear, but nothing was forced. "We're constantly trying to grow and develop," notes Zack, "but with this album, it materialized in a really natural way." Josh, as a lyricist, finds that he's guided by his subconscious. He sits down, he lets it speak, and once the words are down on paper, he's able to make more sense of what's been going on in the recesses of his mind. "It's never been a thing of 'This is how I'm feeling, I'm going to write about it'. It just happens," he explains. "I find it hard to communicate in everyday life, and I feel writing is my way of expressing what's going on, even if I don't understand it at the time. It's like therapy." Josh details this in the confrontational album opener 'Trophy' – "Society doesn't wanna see water in my eyes/Locking up my secrets to live w

THE HARA's dauntless new chapter is the most self-assured they've ever been. Despite the pressure, toxicity and self-doubt fired at them from all angles, they've used the pressure to create diamonds. Most importantly, through all of this, they've metamorphosed into the greatest version of themselves yet.