British Alt-Metal Unit DEFENCES
Presents New Single “Breathe It In”

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Album out November 8, 2024, on Long Branch Records
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“Frontwoman Cherry Duesbury is one of the most
interesting voices in modern metalcore.”
— Alternative Press

*“Stronger, more confident and with more clarity than ever before.”*
— Rock Sound

“Some bands deserve to still be put in the ‘new’ category because
it’s like they have truly been born and found themselves.”
— KERRANG!

DEFENCES, the future alternative metal greats from Hertfordshire, U.K., share a new track – “Breathe It In.” This is the last single before the release of Shadowlight, the band’s Long Branch Records debut out November 8th.

DEFENCES comments:
“‘Breathe It In’ was one of the very first tracks we started on this record and it shows in its message. Far from the contemplative and collected tone struck on later songs like ‘Silence & The Sound’ and ‘Shadowlight’, this song is about taking the first step on the road to self-acceptance, or even realizing that a step needs to be taken in the first place. It is all too easy to wonder about what could have been or ruminate on how we wish our lives were, and the first step to peace of mind is to recognize and call out this vicious cycle as it’s happening. Once we struck on this idea of taking a step, we came up with the marching, rhythmic sound of the chorus to represent this process. We also felt it was important to not end this song on a resolved, symmetrical note; it was crucial for us to convey a feeling that the end of the song asked a question about the future of what this introspective journey holds rather than answering it.”

Stream “Breathe It In”HERE

Shadowlight follows up the millions of streams across DEFENCES‘ catalog of releases, numerous U.K. tours with multiple sell-out headline shows, as well as numerous past festival appearances including Download, Takedown, Turbulence, and Burn It Down. See below for upcoming live dates.

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DEFENCES comments about the album:
“Shadowlight stems from a period of solitude and deep reflection, as we explore what it means to accept your inner darkness. Acknowledging, understanding and ultimately accepting it for what it is, learning how to sit with it or use it to change your outlook. The album sees all sides of this, tying in the parallel of the artistic process itself and what it is to create. To open yourself up to the possibility that you may not achieve what you believe in your core to be something you deserve, that you may not reach your potential. This cycle of disappointment and self-sabotage is commonplace, with nothing left but to chase a sense of absolution and validation forever out of reach.”