Track By Tracks: Horror Movies In The Morning - Identity Crisis (2025)

1. Fuck You, Eric Singley:

Starting off heavy, F*** You, Eric Singley is a track about rage toward people who’ve wronged you or those around you. The band maintains its heavy sound while mixing in atmospheric overlays that give it its unique sound. The build-up of the break lives up to its heavy predecessors in the song and ends by revisiting the opening riff.

2. Better Gone:

Better Gone hits you hard from the jump. It starts off heavy and energetic, but quickly shifts in the verse to a smoother sound that gives you a short time to adjust before ripping back to its original energy in the chorus. These shifts in tone reflect the meaning of the track, which is something following you throughout life that just keeps coming back, no matter how hard you try to get rid of it.

2. Closer to the Edge:

A track about inescapable impending horrors, Closer to the Edge came naturally to vocalist Nic. He had the chorus done months prior and just needed the verses to come together with it. “Armageddon closer to the edge” is a play on words in his own way, as if to say “I’m-a-gettin closer” and Armageddon-like end of the world! It’s one of his favorites off Identity Crisis, and from the band’s catalogue as a whole.

3. Tax Me, Bitch:

Being a song of financial hardship, Tax Me, Bitch is a track plenty of listeners can relate to lyrically while enjoying the simple but impactful riffs throughout. The riff was written by guitarist Hammy who almost made the first album; but, the band agrees its comeback for Identity Crisis was the right time for this one. Once we approach the break, the drums pick up the energy of the song even more and carry you straight through the final chorus and up to the end of the track.

4. Roulette:

Roulette starts more ominously than previous tracks on the album. The lyrics mention seeking more, as the instrumentals leave you wanting more from the impeding hook and chorus, which fully delivers. What comes out of left field, however, is a brief, upbeat, jazzy jive thrown into the mix of dark instrumentals before returning to their core sound for the break.

5. Die in Vain:

Die in Vain, featuring rapper Polo Frost, opens with an expression of romantic frustrations which vocalist Nic comes in to carry on. The bass line pushes the verses along with its melodic contrast from the guitars but rejoins the guitars in the chorus and breaks.

6. Guiding Light:

This track gives listeners’ ears a bit of a break from the business and slows down to reflect the lyrical sense of being lost and defeated. Once we hit the break, though, the band’s signature energy still shines through.

7. Diner Soap Opera:

Similar to the band’s debut album, Identity Crisis features an electronic atmospheric track that breaks up the other heavy tracks while targeting listeners who might not typically love heavy riffs and busy drums. This song happens to be one of Colten’s favorite songs off the album.

8. Love Runs Dry:

The guitars carry this track at the forefront and throughout. Love Runs Dry, about searching for that unattainable love, has a steady beat as vocals signify steadily running out of a drive for that search.

9. A Gift for You:

The band’s semi-serious track A Gift for You is a “shitty song” wrapped up as a gift for a shitty partner. The bass starts off by demanding attention and links up with the guitar for the hook to hold listeners’ attention. The high-pitched interjections of the overlays add depth to the track and contrast with the strength and unison of the rhythm guitar and bass.

10. xXanaXx:

The album closes with a slow-tempo track with overlays that put listeners in a trance, vocal harmonies that capture the ear, a calm baseline that carries the song along, and drums that pull the entire track together. As the guitar guides you out of the song and into a calming rainstorm, the album concludes.