51st Avenue Walk Us Through Their New Single, ‘Moments’

Sydney’s 51st Avenue are back and sounding heavier than ever, with their huge new track ‘Moments’ – a track that delves into new territory thematically and sonically and is the first to feature new bandmate Anthony Carollo on bass duties.

Starting things off with a moody synth and drum machine section, vocalist Alynnis Zizza’s vocals build tension perfectly in the verse before the track erupts in the first chorus; with huge modern-metalcore riffage pushing the song to the next level.

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To celebrate the release, the band run us through the process of creating the first breakdown in their catalogue.

“There was once a time 51st Avenue said that we would NEVER have a breakdown in one of our songs. There were a few occasions where we tried but it did not work. This all changed when we were writing our new song ‘MOMENTS’. We were inspired by Sleep Token at the time and the use of structure within their songs. We were a couple days into our writing session and felt the confidence to try something new. This was the beginning of ‘MOMENTS’. We wanted to keep the song ‘51st Avenue’ but also experiment slightly. When it came time to write the bridge we knew that we wanted something to compliment the softer verses. We all agreed and knew straight away that the answer was our version of a breakdown. 

The question remains, will we continue to incorporate our version of a breakdown into songs? That is something that we will have to see in the future! We usually let the creative process take us in the direction at the time and see where we end up. “