• Drama

Cries Of Redemption – This Is What It Feels Like

Some songs just make you feel everything all at once. There is a haunting sense of power that the tune and the lyrics carry that grabs the listener from the first note and refuses to let go. This Is What It Feels Like by Cries of Redemption is just that. The track is a blend of atmospheric rock and emotive alt-metal. It balances raw emotional expression with dense, textured production. This results in delivering a sound that is immersive and cathartic. It’s the kind of song that embodies feelings. Right from the opening lines, the song sets a mood of tension and release. It features layered guitars weaving between swells and distorted prominence. It creates a space that feels expansive. The rhythm section is charged with purpose. It is what drives the piece forward in a purposeful and somewhat emotionally restless way. This combination gives the song a cinematic quality. With the vocals, the performance is one of the song’s greatest strengths. The lead delivers with intensity and vulnerability in equal measure. There’s a sincerity in the delivery that makes the track feel deeply personal. When the chorus hits, it lands with emotional weight: expansive, anthemic, and felt. When it comes to the lyrics, This Is What It Feels Like explores the raw emotional struggle and transformation. The words convey a sense of grappling with pain and identity, but they never settle into melodrama. The theme of the track is the experience of feeling itself, in all its contradictory force. The piece is a good fit for a movie like Donnie Darko (2001).  Read More

• 4 min
• 8.5