โDown in the Dirtโ comes as another hard-hitting strike from Yorkshireโs Feral Family, the band whose intensity is a state of being. Raised on the quiet seaside yet fueled by dystopian sagas and desert-noir mythology, theyโve built a sound that feels like it could collapse a landscape and rebuild it under storm clouds.
Their rise has already seen multiple Top 10 iTunes placements and support from Radio X, 6Music, and BBC Introducing, and following the critical praise surrounding their debut Without Motion, the new track is only heightening their legacy.
The song opens with that signature Feral Family sound with deep, grinding guitar chords carved from bedrock, while the drums rumble like distant machinery waking up. The urgency is sharp and controlled, but the band never rushes their power; they let it seethe. The voice enters low and grave, like someone who has seen the underside of everything and come back with truth in their teeth. He sings as though thereโs dust in his lungs and lightning under his ribs, with each line delivered with the grimness that pulls you into the underbelly of the narrative.
As the track builds, the tension becomes tectonic. The singer stretches his voice into elongated howls that cut into the atmosphere, more invocation than melody. Cymbals begin to crash like weather breaking, and the guitars ignite into a raw, fast-driving grind, like the earth splitting open underneath your feet. In the end, the vocals merge into the gust, and lift, leaving you inside a storm of sound and shadow.
Listen to Feral Familyโs โDown in the Dirtโ on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan