Official press release:
Cambridgeshire, UK alt-metal quartet HRTLSS release brand new single “Breathe Me In” today alongside news of their signing to Papercut Recordings. The single and accompanying music video continue the sonic and visual narrative established in previous release “To Dust”, diving deeper into themes of self-destructive romance and the magnetic pull of what you know you shouldn’t want. Listen to the new track HERE and watch the accompanying music video here:
Produced by George Lever and Nathan Smart (Sleep Token, Loathe, Breakk.Away, Thornhill) and mixed by Lever, “Breathe Me In” sharpens the band’s signature blend of crushing metalcore instrumentation and R&B-influenced vocal melodies. The track is dynamic and atmospheric, moving between ethereal passages and jagged heaviness. The production creates space for layered soundscapes that shift with the emotional weight of the lyrics, which explore adultery and affairs through the lens of problematic romance novel archetypes. The kind of obsession that feels inevitable even when it threatens to destroy everything around it.
The music video, directed by Zak Pinchin (Holding Absence, Bury Tomorrow, PRESIDENT), matches the song’s intensity with moody visuals shot in cool, dark tones. The band performs in a crumbling building while vocalist Gary Hellman is captured both in front of a gothic window and lying inside a glass coffin, singing through clouds of theatrical smoke. Quick cuts and shaky camera work punctuate the heavier sections. Inspired by Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House”, the video completes a two-part visual arc examining where unchecked desire and self-destructive behavior can lead.
