A Transformative Moment for Highroad No. 28 in “Thistroubledsoul”

Highroad No. 28’s new single Thistroubledsoul does not arrive with fanfare. Instead, it emerges slowly, unguarded, and carrying the weight of something genuinely lived through. From the first few seconds, there is a sense that the track is not trying to compete with anything happening around it. It simply holds space for a very specific emotional landscape. It is the kind of song that feels less like a performance and more like someone finally speaking a truth they have avoided for far too long.

What immediately stands out is how deliberately the music moves. The guitars drift in like a memory you tried to outrun, warm yet shadowed, gradually tightening into a melodic push that reflects the tension in the vocals. Andrew JC, performing every instrument and vocal part on the recording, leans into restraint rather than spectacle. There is a lived in quality to his delivery, not dramatic, not over polished, but unmistakably real. The bass sits low and patient, creating the song’s brooding heartbeat, while small production details such as lingering echoes and breaths left untouched give the track a sense of closeness, almost like a late night confession.

Lyrically, Thistroubledsoul circles around the quiet battles that rarely enter conversation. This is not a song about collapsing under pressure. It is a song about continuing onward even when your inner world feels like it is loosening thread by thread. That theme of endurance has long been present in Highroad No. 28’s catalogue, but here it feels more distilled, more grown, and perhaps more honest than in the band’s earlier heavier period.

As the second single leading into the upcoming album The Will to Endure, this track suggests an artist sharpening their emotional vocabulary while expanding their sonic one. It leans into darker terrain, yet it feels more measured and thoughtful, the work of someone who knows exactly what they want to express without hiding it behind volume.

Thistroubledsoul lingers long after it ends, not because it is loud, but because it feels true.

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