Deep Sage

Back from pandemic-induced hiatus, the Florida-based band fuses urgent post-hardcore with softer strains of shoegaze and grunge to unlock a new power of restraint.

Gouge Away write songs that will leave you with a hole in your chest. The South Florida fivesome spent the late 2010s defanging hardcore’s etiquette –

‘Deep Sage’ proves Gouge Away can deftly swerve on a dime when it comes to their musical arrangements, but lyrically they fall short.

Gouge Away's 'Deep Sage' delivers heavy hooks that recall 1990s alternative greats without losing that hardcore fury that put them on the map.