Initiate return with radiant fury on new post-hardcore song “Too Much”

It’s been almost two years since California hardcore band Initiate released their excellent Cerebral Circus LP, and they just returned with a great new single that really screams “we’re back.” The nearly-four-minute “Too Much” really leans into the band’s Touché Amoré-ish hardcore-meets-post-hardcore side, with underlying jangly acoustic guitars, post-rocky atmosphere, and tons of impassioned fury. It was produced, mixed, and mastered by Zach Tuch, and the drums on this one were played by Militarie Gun’s Waylon Trim. A music video is coming Friday, but meanwhile, you can stream the song below.

Initiate vocalist Crystal Pak also guests on the upcoming EP from Church Tongue, whose guitarist Nicko Calderone is also in Knocked Loose. Deafheaven’s George Clarke and Twitching Tongues/God’s Hate’s Colin Young guest on that EP too.