“Feed Me Hope” by Her Picture undergoes emotional rebirth, incorporating myth and modernity into a searing alt-rock concept record that lives up to, and even surpasses, the anticipation. The Glasgow-based trio’s six-track EP, released June 20, draws on the Greek myth of the Five Rivers of the Underworld, but don’t expect a dusty retelling. Instead, they’ve forged something visceral, cinematic, and devastatingly human — a musical journey that turns ancient allegory into personal liberation.
Opening track “Styx’s Curse” surprises us with a ghostly drone over which layered, chant-like vocals come, as if they’re coming from the deepest part of a dream, or perhaps a memory. It’s not a song so much as an invocation, a portal into the underworld of the self. By “Fear Like a Father,” the band plunges into more nightmarish territory, layering eerie synths with a distorted, near-demonic voice that sounds like it’s crawling out of static. It’s unnerving, but spellbinding — a sonic metaphor for confronting inherited pain.
“Muscle Memory” balances the haunting with the beautiful. The distorted guitar growls low and slow, while delicate piano chords trace the edges of grief. Anny Tahaney’s voice glides between fragility and power as her feathery falsetto in the chorus cuts through the flames with elegance. “Reasons I Tried” is a piano-led ballad that begins like a sob and ends like an anguished soar. The vulnerability in Tahaney’s delivery is chilling, her breath catching between words like she’s holding back everything and nothing at once. She sings, “This time is every time and every time feels like the first time.”
Altogether, “Feed Me Hope” touches us with unflinching intimacy. Listen to it on Spotify.
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Photo credits: Marilena Vlachopoulou
Review by: Naomi Joan