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Sorority Noise's 'No Halo' Video Leaves A Blank Space For Grief

From the punk band's powerful statement on loss comes a devastating and desperate video that meets characters from across bereavement, coping in churches, parking lots and bus stations.
A still from Sorority Noise's "No Halo" video.

For a band that used to write silly, self-deprecating punk songs, Sorority Noise has embraced its vulnerability with the wisdom that it knows nothing.

Take the blank as is the third album from Sorority Noise, a powerful and extremely personal statement on loss and grief and how we react to it all. It's a record with its emotions out front, but that still manages to peel back layers of hurt on every listen.

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