Life is Just a Phase
Artist: Seven Blood
Record Label: Self Released
Release Date: 21 November 2025
If Paramore and Enter Shikari had a baby, that baby would be Seven Blood. Powerful vocals, compelling emotional depth, anthemic instrumentals and atmospheric synths make Seven Blood’s debut album one not to be missed.
Life Is Just A Phase focuses around themes of identity, self-confidence and the bittersweet knowledge that everything changes. It feels very personal, introspective and honest.
Azaria Nasiri’s vocals are candid and vulnerable, succeeding at making you feel deeply what she’s singing about (she has previously said she hopes the album will become “the soundtrack to recovery for those going through their own traumatic experiences”).
House ≠ Home provides an energetic opening to the 11-track album. The chorus is an earworm, highly memorable. I love how the echoes near the end of the song turn up the emotional volume only for it to be brought back down by the very last word on the track, delivered without any music.
Hourglass injects some hope among what can feel emotionally too heavy at times. The synth the track opens with, which repeats after the chorus, really stays in my mind. Lyrically, there’s a lot to love but “I need to try and break the hourglass/ one last change to sort out the mess” is surprisingly uplifting. This track might have inspired the album artwork too. The metaphor cannot be faulted. It communicates the idea that our time is limited just as those difficult times we experience. Perhaps the album is indirectingly saying that this too will pass.
Another highlight is To The Unknown, which is about accepting what is to come, what’s not under our control. The melody varies between melodious and calm to energetic and bellowing.
Fall From The Sky stands out with its powerful and melodious vocals and atmospheric instrumentation. The scream at the end of the track leaves you wanting more, in a good way.
“Seven Blood was born of each of us suffering personal crises and holding a desire to use music to help us process and overcome those events”
Oli Arnold
I would say the album definitely reflects this and that its power lies in being able to make listeners feel less alone when navigating situations that feel heavy yet are a common part of the human experience.