A few of the music genres that have never made it to the Puerto Rican mainstream are boom-bap hip-hop, punk, metal or metalcore. However, this has never stopped artists from exploring these genres and using them as avenues to express themselves. One of the groups to recently cement themselves as another addition to these types of underground genres is Light the Path, a Fajardo-based quintet that through their first EP, “A Light That Leads You Home,” wear their melodic hardcore influences on their sleeves as they try to inspire others. (cover art for the EP) Light the Path’s debut EP kicks off with the nice and short “Intro” that prepares listeners for the upcoming few minutes of music. Then we are delivered with “Believe,” a traditional melodic hardcore track that explores the theme of hope through a matter of teamwork. Afterwards, the band closes the first half of their project with “Start to Breathe,” another melodic hardcore tune that manages to perfectly balance the lighter and darker tones of the genre. With the second half of “A Light That Leads You Home,” Light the Path deliver clearer messages and continue to display their abilities within their genre of preference. Kicking off with “Open Your Eyes,” the band presents a song about believing in one’s own strength to achieve anything. In addition to this great message, the track is one that would motivate audiences to create mosh pits. From there we are moved to “Burn,” a track that displays some influences from the hardcore punk of the 1980's while angrily bashing anyone willing to change one’s way of living. Finally, Light the Path end their project with “One More Game,” a good closure to the project as it touches on the concept of following one’s path without having people’s opinions deviate that, an idea that isn’t far off from others explored in the EP. In sum, Light the Path’s “A Light That Leads You Home” is a motivational one both musically and lyrically. It is a project that inspires others to be themselves while demonstrating that musicians across the island aren’t afraid of expressing themselves in what are deemed as much more dark and less accessible mediums of creativity. In short, it is an EP that shows how Puerto Rico’s rock & roll underground is far from dead.
Listen to “A Light That Leads You Home” on Spotify All of the pictures in this article were found in Light the Path’s Facebook page
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AuthorFernando E. E. Correa González is the author behind over 30 self-published poetry books. He has been published by literary magazines & journals [Id]entidad, El Vicio del Tintero, Sábanas Magazine, Smaeralit, The Occulum, Tonguas and Hound Magazine. Other than writing, Correa is also the host of FENCast, a podcast dedicated to documenting the Puerto Rican independent art scene. Aside from this, he experiments with filmmaking, photography, drawing, painting, multimedia and transmedia. He currently lives in his native Puerto Rico. Archives
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