Collapsed Tower takes on a rather inventive approach to its post-metal roots in their latest instrumental record Happiness if Transient, Melancholy is Permanent. Without massively and lengthily produced tracks, the album stays true to simplicity and its eccentric nature. All shades of heavy music enrich the record. Styles such as doom metal, hardcore punk and post rock can be heard scattered in different songs.

Collapsed Tower immerses you with a variety of riff-driven tracks each reflects on a peculiar thought in connection to emotions that naturally emerged in the past two years. Happiness Is Transient, Melancholy is Permanent proves that sounds can speak louder than words. Like a collage of mood-filled, picturesque snapshots, record documents moments of fragility and intricacy, epic and at times, euphoria.

From emotions and real-like circumstances, Happiness is Transient, Melancholy is Permanent also goes above what meets the eyes. There are clearly traces of fantasy and imagination being intertwined with the fundamental reality we could all relate to, but the creative pursuit, the twists and unexpected and the new is what transcends and sets the reality free. Happiness is Transient, Melancholy is Permanent is no doubt an introspective and emotive record, but it’s also an eclectic adventure full of surprises.