The True Faith "Go to Ground"

Boston’s The True Faith return with Go to Ground, their most accomplished and emotionally resonant work to date. Across nine finely cut tracks, the band sharpens their take on post-punk into something both familiar and thrillingly alive—where icy, reverb-soaked guitars crash against propulsive basslines, and lead vocalist Travis Benson moves fluidly between gothic baritone and C86-style desperation. There are clear nods to early The Cure and the dreamier edges of shoegaze, but The True Faith find their own footing in the tension between dread and drive. Tracks like “Minimal Change” and “Suffer” are taut, hook-laden studies in coldwave propulsion, while “A Cry for Help” trades in towering drums and chiming guitars for something more cathartic and emotionally raw.

What makes Go to Ground feel so vital is its ability to smuggle defiance into defeat, to sound mournful without succumbing to inertia. The choruses soar, the guitars shimmer with just the right amount of grime, and the production leaves room for each element to breathe without losing urgency. It’s a record about endurance—of spirit, of identity, of joy in the face of endless daily compromises. Released across multiple formats via à La Carte Records (US), Icy Cold Records (Europe), and tape-based collaborators around the globe, Go to Ground stands as both a love letter to post-punk’s past and a stake in its ongoing evolution.

Available on cassette from Candlepin Records (US), Summer Darling Tapes (Europe), and Honeyglider Records (Australia).

Pressing info:
First press

• Red 12" — 250 copies
• CD — 100 copies

Second press

• Green, red, and yellow splatter 12" — 50 copies
• Black smoke 12" — 100 copies
  

Produced by Ryan Santos Phillips and The True Faith
Recorded by The True Faith at the House of God in Boston, MA
Mixed and mastered by Ryan Santos Phillips at Lux Perpetua NYC in Brooklyn, NY
All songs written by The True Faith except 'Assimilation' written by The True Faith & Nicholas Benson
Guest vocals on 'Suffer' by Emma Hansson
Photography by Chris Ma
Design by Coward's Way

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