Greyhaven – Keep It Quiet

Review

When the first tremor of “Prelude: Evening Star” rattles through Keep It Quiet, you know the stakes have shifted. For Greyhaven—Louisville’s post-hardcore torch-bearers—their fourth studio album isn’t just another record; it’s a reckoning. Built with producer Will Putney at the helm, the album towers with thunderous riffs, haunted melodies, and a vulnerability that hits like a confession.

Tracks like “Shatter and Burst” and “Burn a Miracle” fuse bone-crushing momentum with lyrical ruptures: vocalist Brent Mills leans into truths he once buried, trading anonymity for exposure. Meanwhile, “Where the Light Leaves Us” and “Technicolor Blues” show the band expanding their ambition—threads of southern-rock swagger weave through structured chaos, guitars cut like razor shards, and the rhythm section holds the tension like a wound about to open.

That said, Keep It Quiet doesn’t always offer comfort. At 11 tracks and around 41 minutes, its shifts in tone—from brutal breakdowns to ghostly interludes—can feel disorienting, even exhausting. But perhaps that’s the intent: an album that doesn’t soothe, but demands. In letting the storm in, Greyhaven prove that silence itself can be the hardest thing to keep. - Justin