You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
PURE NOISE
Kentucky’s hardcore high-risers ride their own crazy train to the summit
IN THE FIVE years since Knocked Loose released their second album, ADifferent Shade Of Blue, they’ve gone viral on TikTok about a billion times, played to a packed-out tent at Coachella festival, been name-checked by Demi Lovato, and been watched from the side of the stage by a headbanging Billie Eilish. So, with the mainstream rolling over to have their tummy tickled by the Oldham County, Kentucky hardcore crew, this is the moment where Knocked Loose embrace the pop world so enamoured with them, sand down all those rough edges, make a more melodic, palatable album and turn their back on the scene, right? Wrong.
There are lots of impressive aspects about In a scene full of identikit grunters,
