Reviews of The World On Standby

A load of reviews of our full-length "The World On Standby" are circulating around the internet and in the press. Happily, we can say most of them are good and we are really grateful!

We do need all feedback, good and bad though, so if you want to let us know what you think of the album drop us a line.

Here's a selection of what people have been saying about the record-


Praise for 'The World On Standby'
"The focal point of this album lies with melodic, emotional hardcore which also has a slight metallic edge. There are very few modern hardcore records like this which set a band aside from the pack at the beginning of their career, and on which everything musically works together and in which nothing could have been done better." All Schools

"Cardiff melodic hardcore band Through Solace, show signs of pure excellence on their debut album. Tracks like We Were So Sincere, Almost and Taylor are good enough to make anyone think this band were selling thousands. Tides 2 which is probably the best song in this genre since Misery Signal's World and Dreams. The band's genre is toxicated with fashion, but this band are their own, as long as they don't let their foot off the pedal. Their next album could be unbelievable, and a time for their Welsh peers to step aside." Defiance Zine

"The World On Standby has a sound typical of Strike First Records...powerful, raw, brutal. In all this, the style of the group manages to make inroads among the avalanche of sound, to distinguish Through Solace from their peers." Beehave

" Displaying a sound somewhat reminiscent of Beloved, this album is a well formatted formula of melody and metallic hardcore. The track of all tracks is “Taylor”. Through Solace really demonstrate their talents on this particular ensemble and the lyrics definitely exhibit the positive message they always try to display. Discussing the problems in life and learning how to cope with them, Through Solace make it clear that they are on this planet to play music with optimistic significance.
The World on Standby is certainly a fine start for these guys and hopefully they will move on to bigger and better things."Decoy Music

"Taking influences from bands such as Underoath and Shai Halud and their own unique sound, Through Solace has constructed a CD that fans of the hardcore genre will not want to miss. Brutal in its delivery yet full of inspirational themes and lyrics, this is one heck of a disc."
Pure Grain Audio

"The 12 tracks of 'The World On Standby' send us back to the golden era when Poison the Well took their first steps and then Hopesfall gave life to the masterpiece 'The Satellite Years', which this album revisits in a modern way. Whoever is fed up of the normal and monotonous parts of this genre will find a nice surprise with the freshness of this album." Sound Magazine

"Through Solace have worked long and hard to get to where they are today. The first five tracks are all of a similar hardcore style with sparse inserts of gang shouts and clear vocals. Luke stated "The song "Taylor" is about making the most of the chances in your life, in memory of a number of friends who have died at a young age. It then seems like they are more willing to showcase their more technical song structures of melodic and metallic hardcore. My favourite song is “Landmark” with its atmospheric instrumental start, range of vocal styles and tempo shifts. This is a solid effort." The Metal Resource

Praise for 'The Stand'

"As with other UK bands, Through Solace have taken the crunch and sweaty browed aspects of hardcore and twinned them with a sense of melody that, while never touching, say, Devil Sold His Soul's sense of aural majesty, comes pretty close in terms of it's depth, composition and energy." Terrorizer Magazine

"The Stand points the Welsh five-piece out as sure-fire potential stars of the future. Rarely, if ever do bands of Through Solace's emerging stature sound so powerful and effortlessly crushing, yet The Stand sounds absolutely colossal." Rock Midgets

"This release still shows off all the things great about Through Solace, that hardcore speed, passion and intensity; but it's now been coupled with an added ability to incorporate melody and much more metallic edge. Plus the guitarwork has really come alive in the midst of their trademark crunchingly thick and chunky brutality." Cross Rhythms