Unlimited Violence Apologia by Bee Hive Ski Race

    We’ve never been more spiritually free, we’ve never been so existentially hungry, and we’ve never been so essentially clueless. This directionless, all-consuming lack appears in fits and spurts across the epic compositions of Unlimited Violence Apologia by Bee Hive Ski Race, an emo album that effortlessly treads into hardcore, noise rock, and grunge with its versatile vocals and tight instrumentals. Abstract lyrics buzz with the excitement of escape as anthemic melodies drive these messages straight into our souls, messages that carefully dodge the beckoning calls of cult dogmas on every side and retain their feverish calls for individual freedom. The band’s grungy treatment of verse/chorus transitions with large dynamic contrast and repeating noisy motifs feels natural with the record’s emotional swells, balancing its confusion with its undeniable sense of purpose. Ultimately, this freedom itself becomes the purpose, dancing past hordes of the schizophrenic indoctrinated as we constantly grow in our knowledge and experience, constantly expand but never narrow.