Guillotine ‘A Lesser Key’ | Track By Track

Guillotine describe how a few years away gave them room to grow and return with renewed purpose for their album *A Lesser Key*. Drawing on horror, psychological thrillers, literature and games, the record explores grief, inherited trauma, unstable relationships and the unease of fractured reality.

The album’s sound also deteriorates as it progresses: tape noise gives way to clipping, distortion and glitches, while the stereo image narrows to create a claustrophobic effect. The band say “Down the Well”, inspired by the atmosphere of *1922*, became the first song and blueprint for the record; “Haunted”, shaped by *Hereditary*, centres on inherited wounds, love and vulnerability. The supplied article text ends partway through its discussion of “Does It Make You Feel”.