Welsh post-hardcore heroes Holding Absence astound on epic third LP, The Noble Art Of Self Destruction" says Kerrang!, and they are, it's safe to say, not wrong. This album, the band's third and their second with our Dan Weller at the production helm is magnificent. Recorded last year in the wilds of Canada, it's ten tracks of bombastic modern rock from a band on the up-and-up-and-up. Dan produced the whole thing and co-wrote first single, A Crooked Melody, Liminal and Her Wings (on Spotify's New Music Friday today) with the band. It's out right now on Sharptone.