Singer Josh Ostrander’s vocals are a strange proposition falling somewhere between the spit and rasp of Thom Yorke and the snivel of Gollum from Lord of the Rings. They don’t so much dominate this song as slither all over it.
Backed by a military drum roll that sounds as if it was designed to soundtrack troops on their way to a far from pleasant end and with lyrics that talk of having “one foot in the gates of hell” it could all be a rather sombre affair.
Yet something strange happens halfway through ‘The Box’ and somehow the band manage to produce a startlingly uplifting chorus that’s both sing along and sinister in one unnatural alliance. Stewart McCullough
