We recently featured Hailing Ishimura for their dimensional and expansive single, If You Get This Follow Our Beacon, so we were thrilled to hear their brand new single, We Did It To Survive.
Drawing us in with a pulsing bass line, an astral synthscape and intricate drums, we are already in awe of the dimensionality of We Did It To Survive, and the track’s emotive energy.
The composition expands with intrigue and drama, to unveil high synths that really take us out of this world. We are hypnotized by the soundscape that the duo from Newport News in Virginia have created – darker than their previous releases, albeit sonically in line with the Hailing Ishimura signature.
Bold electric guitar takes on the role of the primary protagonist, whilst the attention to detail in the sonic landscape is refined, giving us a cerebral tapestry that we cannot get enough of.
The opus strips down only to build back up with high notes that take us through to the finale of the song. Familiar melodies reappear and the drums become more present before We Did It To Survive fades out.
We learn that We Did It To Survive finds the adventurers in the universe of Hailing Ishimura at their most desperate. The duo tell us, “They are dead in the water and they have to make hard decisions. The vibe of the track embodies this completely. It’s dark and brooding, but light at times.”
Dom Hopson and Chris True met through their wives, who met in middle school, and confess that before they were a band, they were a family. We feel that cohesive energy in their output and appreciate the backstory.
The duo tell us, “It’s heavier than anything we have done to date and it was an absolute joy to compose as well as perform.” They add, “This track needed to be dark to help convey this part of the story that we are trying to tell on our album. We leaned into heavier tones to help create the vibe we were looking for.”
We have added We Did It To Survive to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream Hailing Ishimura‘s wider discography!