Last Relapse break their 13-year silence with 'EP'

Some bands return because the scene wants them back. Last Relapse return because their unfinished songs refused to die quietly.

After thirteen years away, the Atlanta indie-rock outfit resurrect the pieces they left scattered in their early twenties and stitch them into 'EP', a five-track collection that feels like a deeply personal time capsule finally being opened. This is the sound of a band reckoning with the ghosts they left behind and choosing to set them free.

From the moment 'Everyone Dances Outside of Their Bodies' kicks off the project, the emotional stakes are clear. The band lean into the widescreen glow that defined their early work, but with the added weight of a decade lived in different bodies and different lives. David Holding’s voice carries gravity, patience, and a quiet ferocity that only comes from confronting the things you ran from and finally turning to face them.

Throughout EP, Last Relapse walk a beautiful tightrope between past and present. The riffs sparkle with their trademark dreamlike sheen, the rhythm section punches with renewed fire, but the songwriting feels sharpened by distance. These are songs matured in the dark, shaped by time, and finished with reverence.

What makes EP so moving is its honesty. These songs sound like they’ve been haunting the members for over a decade as melodies replaying in their heads on commutes, lyrics scribbled into old notebooks, and ideas that refused to belong to the past. And finishing them has become a much-needed release.

If you’ve ever had unfinished business tugging at your sleeve, 'EP' will hit you like a sigh you’ve been holding for years. Last Relapse have reclaimed a story they weren’t ready to end, and in doing so, they sound more powerful, more vulnerable, and more alive than ever.