Early December is something of a fever dream, a forced, frantic pause between holidays and end-of-year sprints. We’re trapped in a cycle of looking ahead to the next few weeks while beginning to reflect on the past 11 months. Endlessly wondering about the future, yet grounded in the crush of the present. It’s a time perfectly soundtracked by “...Perchance to Dream,” the newest single from Essex instrumental trio In a House of Heartbeats.
Fittingly for December, the new song is the beginning of the end, closing out Divination of Dreams with a moody, introspective haze of sound. While earlier tracks are wandering explorations of half-memories, “...Perchance to Dream” is a focused journey through the moments that stick with us.
Complex layers of sound twist around each other like the interconnected web of thoughts and feelings drifting between the conscious and subconscious, intersecting for key moments of bright tension. Yet nothing ever truly comes into focus, overshadowed by gauzy reverb. Urgent melodies create a sense of vivid heaviness, while dreamy post-metal atmospheres create a mesmerizing shroud. Distant voices echo softly while surreal synths swirl across the horizon.
“...Perchance to Dream” manages to capture each step of the hallucinatory journey of Divination of Dreams while bringing us across the threshold into brilliant reality. A perfect conclusion to an ambitious album, and the perfect soundtrack as we collect our thoughts and memories for a new year.
In a House of Heartbeats shared the inspiration behind their newest track:
“...Perchance To Dream” is our new single and the closing track from our forthcoming debut album 'Divination Of Dreams'. It is a brooding, post-metal epic, an exploration of the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of the subconscious mind, and the way in which our minds work as we sleep. It opens with a montage of haunting and evocative 'dream talks', recorded from multiple subjects, who were each invited to recollect a dream that has remained strong in their memory.
Musically, the track journeys and drifts through inviting, reassuring passages, eventually building into an exquisite climax of hypnotic hooks and devastating riffs. It's a dense, powerful track, perhaps our most multi-layered and ambitious, that we hope promises to reward the listener with new secrets - or mysteries - upon each repeated listen."
Listen to “...Perchance to Dream” now and pre-order the album on Bandcamp (hint hint: this Friday is the final Bandcamp Friday of 2025!). Divination of Dreams will be released on January 16, 2026.
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