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Higher Power is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Jane's Addiction, Helmet, Deftones, Glassjaw and Less Than Jake. Those roots explain a lot about how Higher Power arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Trapped Under Ice, Dynamite, End It, Incendiary and Scowl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Split Chain, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Higher Power, reaching back through Jane's Addiction and forward to Split Chain. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Higher Power are an English hardcore punk band formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 2014. They have released three full-length studio albums, one EP, one live album and one demo. Their second album, 27 Miles Underwater, was their major label debut through Roadrunner Records. In a 2020 poll by Revolver magazine, they were voted the most likely contemporary band to breakthrough into the mainstream. They are a part of the New Wave of British Hardcore.
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Higher Power grew out of Jane's Addiction, Helmet, Deftones and Glassjaw, shares an orbit with Trapped Under Ice, Dynamite, End It and Incendiary, went on to shape Split Chain. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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