{"id":10303,"date":"2026-04-17T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/failure-location-lost-review\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:55:00","slug":"failure-location-lost-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/failure-location-lost-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure Finds New, Fertile Ground On \u2018Location Lost\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/02\/Failure-2.17main_LindseyByrnes-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Kelli Scott, Greg Edwards and Ken Andrews (photo: Lindsey Byrnes).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An acquaintance recently decided that after 10 years, four albums, thousands of miles touring the world and a handful of those cringey \u201cShip Rocked\u201d cruises, he was adjourning his band. The pretext involved \u201cleaving on a high note\u201d and that \u201cyou never hear fans or writers talking about a band\u2019s \u2018essential, groundbreaking <em>eighth <\/em>album.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The members of SoCal post-everything ensemble Failure might read that line and think \u201ccool story, brah\u201d while laughing aloud. Because as the trio delivers its <em>seventh <\/em>long player, its sense of self-awareness, internal editing and transitional sonic wanderlust remains as compelling as ever. Untethered from L.A. rock scene expectations, their sordid drug histories or the alleged need for critical pigeonholing, Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards and Kelli Scott trade in 100% chemistry steeped in instinct. No wonder your favorite bands have loved them for decades.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/iron-maiden-rock-hall-induction\/\">Iron Maiden Won\u2019t Attend Rock Hall Induction<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere\/\">Kacey Musgraves Sidesteps \u2018Reckless Men\u2019 On New Single<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/sean-solomons-busy-messed-up-world\/\">Sean Solomon\u2019s Busy, Messed-Up World<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCrash Test Delayed\u201d opens the proceedings with an amalgam of percolating IDM electronics and Fripp-ian guitar swells before taking an off-ramp into an unknown desert for an insular road movie. It may feel early to pull out the <em>pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance<\/em>, but there it is on the second track. \u201cThe Rising Skyline\u201d is a melancholy, acoustic guitar-led breakup song that seemingly starts in Laurel Canyon and psychically ends up like iPhone highway footage of the 2025 California wildfires. The participation of Paramore vocalist\/longtime Failure superfan Hayley Williams is nothing short of perfect here; her vocal union with Andrews feels as potent as the first time we heard Bilinda Butcher sliding down Kevin Shields\u2019 guitar scree in My Bloody Valentine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later, \u201cMoonlight Understands\u201d offers a dramatic, slow-levitating conclusion that might signify a return to a home planet or the doorway marked EXIT through which your consciousness can disappear. Throughout, Failure\u2019s is a world of patented signifiers, teeming with cryptic lyrics and desperate vocals, (consider the chant-to-fade on \u201cA Way Down\u201d and grab a sweater), Scott\u2019s sense of the appropriate and Andrews and Edwards\u2019 vast guitar vocabulary (\u201cSomeday Soon,\u201d \u201cHalo and Grain\u201d)\u00a0that\u2019s one-part psychedelic space station lubricant and the other pointed, sharpened menace. These men haven\u2019t just broken new ground \u2013 they\u2019ve rebuilt the fuckin\u2019<em> highway.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/FAILURE-Location-Lost-3000-px-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-658720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/FAILURE-Location-Lost-3000-px-.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/FAILURE-Location-Lost-3000-px--340x340.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/FAILURE-Location-Lost-3000-px--768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/FAILURE-Location-Lost-3000-px--498x498.jpeg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/figure>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelli Scott, Greg Edwards and Ken Andrews (photo: Lindsey Byrnes). 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