Albums of the Year 2025: #71

From the depths of personal reckoning to the forefront of the UK's alternative scene, Split Chain have spent the past two years transmuting raw emotion into sound.

Their debut album, motionblur, out on Epitaph Records, is a thunderous statement of intent - an electrifying fusion of shoegaze, grunge, and nu-metal that surges with both nostalgia and forward momentum.

Sonically, motionblur captures a distinctive aesthetic, steeped in the melancholic haze of early 2000s alt rock yet sharpened by the intensity of modern hardcore.

Guitars drenched in chorus and distortion crash into ethereal, hook-laden vocals, forging a sound that's at once crushingly heavy and deeply immersive.

With motionblur, Split Chain aren't just making an album--they're making a moment. And if their trajectory so far is any indication, this is only the beginning.