Melodic hardcore as a genre has been floundering as of late. Much like the progressive trend of hardcore punk in the 2000s, after a while new music seems to dry up. What remains is the old guard holding the bastion, and hardly any young punks willing to take up arms (well, instruments) to create new music. Enter Virtues, a melodic hardcore band from Singapore, who in their first full release, “Comfort in My Own Arms,” have provided the stop gap needed in the genre as a whole.

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