Hisadrenaline, a shoegaze band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is drawing attention with their debut EP, “Monetizing Grief.”
Shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock originating in the late 1980s, characterized by an immersive “wall of sound” created by heavily distorted guitars, immense reverb and echo. Vocals are usually soft and melodic, which often shift into screaming. The main attraction is the instruments, so the vocals are often buried.
The band is comprised of four members: vocalist and guitarist’s Arran Kaufman and Michael Constantino, bassist Jarvis Schreiber and drummer Alex Leon.
Kaufman paints an instrumental, straightforward picture of the band’s sound.
“Very heavy hitting guitars with bass that weighs everything down, while the drums stay raw and punchy,” Kaufman said.
The band originally formed as a trio in Feb. 2025 and added Schreiber in June of that year. Kaufman was previously in a band with Costantino and was friends with Leon in high school.
“I got us all together for a jam one night, and everything just clicked,” Kaufman said.
Hisadrenaline was formed to, “bring lots of ideas to life and play music we love making,” Costantino said.
The band’s biggest musical influences are Have A Nice Life, Whirr and Joyce Manor.
The EP consists of six tracks that, all in all, last 32 minutes.
“I was watching a documentary about funerals, and it mentioned how funeral homes upcharge on caskets,” Kaufman said. The documentary described this action with the term Monetizing Grief, and it intrigued us all.”
“Monetizing Grief” consists of five songs that the guys liked best and wanted to put out the most. The band says recording the EP was made possible by the great people at Makework Studios.
In the middle of recording the EP, the band decided they wanted to add a sixth song, a completely instrumental one. That song would become “I.W.N.T.A.C.A.M.G.”.
“I picked a monologue from the 1986 movie ‘Ninja, The Protector’, and Arran wrote a piano sequence to go over it. The guys from Makework put some synths over it and programmed electronic drums for it,” Costantino said.
The group scrapped three songs for the project because they felt they didn’t fit the EP’s vibe. One of the songs, “Partners // The End Times,” can be found as a demo on the band’s SoundCloud.
The band says they are taking some time off to explore their sound, but will be back to playing shows towards the end of summer and have some stuff planned for fall. The band’s music is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. The links to all these can be found on the band’s Instagram page.
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