Greywind – 'Severed Heart City' Album Review

Sean Friswell
14 hours ago
2 min read

Tracklist:

Acid Rain
I.K.A.M.F.
Happy :):
Waterfall
Swerve
Make Believe
Moon
Let's See If You Can Float
The Scarecrow
Cope in the Coma

The second album from Irish band, Greywind, is out on the 16^th of January on FLG. The brother and sister duo had been dropping singles during 2025 as a teaser for the new album and they’re now ready to release their second long player, totally full of prime emo cuts that should propel them into the big time and see them trouble some major playlists and get some radio play, for a band who were previously ones to watch it’s about time the world paid more attention.

It’s been a difficult experience for Greywind at times, their debut album was released back in 2017 on a major label and despite lots of good feedback and the beginnings of a following they were dropped almost as soon as it came out. Tough to take but they didn’t let it stop them, they’ve been building a fanbase on Tik Tok and touring relentlessly throughout the UK, Europe and North America, the release of an EP last year also really helped build their profile.

Steph has a brilliant voice, well suited to the music they make which is very much on the rockier side of emo but with a real heart and high levels of emotion coming out of every song but with a voice this good and playing this excellent it would be hard not to engage.

The overwhelming theme of the album is dealing with trauma, coming to terms with what’s happened but also making sure that you come out the other side. The hope comes from a belief we can all rescue ourselves. For an album full of difficult topics there is a high level of hope.

One thing that is clear is that this band think big, they are not aiming this music at small clubs (although it will work just as well in small venues) but their real knack is writing anthemic songs that deserve to be belted out by an audience of thousands while they jump and dance around.

Songs like 'Swerve', 'Make Believe' and 'Happy' are primed for being belted out from festival stages or in support slots which should rapidly translate into headline tours but there isn’t any filler here, the songs will all sound great live. The band are open about their influences, Jimmy Eat World and My Chemical Romance are clear touch points, but they also draw great inspiration from their own traumatic experiences in the music industry. What is clear though is that the drive which led them to form in the first place after the death of an uncle is still 100% there.

Ireland’s next big musical export are about to blow you away, give them a chance to do so, they have bags of talent and really need to be appreciated by a wider audience. You need to give this album a listen, January is not often a month when real contenders are released but someone had to buck that trend, its normally a grey and depressing month, this album will change all that for you. This is an anthemic, emotional and engaging album, go on, give it a go!