Red Handed Denial Release “Father Said”
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, the metalcore band Red Handed Denial has managed to make an impact beyond the Great White North through expert use of online media. Lead vocalist Lauren Babic is a YouTube sensation with her live covers of metal and non-metal songs going viral. The band themselves have attracted fans through Spotify. The song “Trespasser” off the Wanderer EP earned the group 953K-plus Spotify streams. Their album Empire gathered 948K Spotify streams. When Red Hand Denial covered the Beyoncé and Lady Gaga song “Telephone” it pleasantly surprised metal fans and racked up over 1.1 million Spotify streams. All together Red Handed Denial has over 5 million-plus streams to their credit.
Old fashioned touring has also contributed to the growing success of Red Handed Denial. Trivium invited Red Handed Denial to open for them. They have since toured with bands such as Protest the Hero, The Contortionist, I See Stars, Silent Planet, and A Skylit Drive. Audiences both live and online have reacted enthusiastically to the Red Handed Denial’s style of melodic metal.
Now the band has announced the release of a new single. This marks the first new song from Red Handed Denial in two years. The song is entitled, “Father Said” and it marks a turning point for the group.
"We’re so excited to release our first single to kick off this new era for the band,” said Lauren Babic. ‘“Father Said” marks a huge accomplishment for us - it’s a perfect blend of the heaviness from our album Redeemer and the cheekiness from our EP Wanderer, mixed with new pop and synth elements we’ve never experimented with before. This is the most innovative sound we’ve ever achieved and the most vulnerable message we’ve ever put forth. We especially can’t wait to bring it to the live stage. Thematically, it’s about growing up with toxic family members. It’s a very personal song to me and KVLTURE who I wrote it with. I hope people connect to it."
“Father Said” does show a growing maturity for the band. As a vocalist, Babic retains her back-and-forth blend of growling and beautiful singing but shows a definite pop sensibility developing within the artist. The addition of synthesizers does not take away from the heavy metal coming from the guitars and rhythm section of the band. Red Handed Denial is showing that they better understand how to use pop stylings to make songs sound even heavier rather than diluting them of power. “Father Said” will no doubt open the band up to a new set of fans. while keeping longtime fans excited with the direction the group is going in.
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