The first thing that came to mind when I listen to this was Enter Shikari. It has the same harshness and hostility in the music, somehow softened by barely audible yet haunting voices at the start.
The song does instantly grab you – or it did me, anyway. That a similar desperate voice, reminiscent of Leto, Franz Ferdinand, or even Bowie – esque at the very least, seemed to be filled with anger and contradicted by a feeling of remorse. It was strained, again, almost desperate, but in a way that didn’t sound so bad.
The pace of the song doesn’t slow – the rest of the instruments provide an excellent contrast with the voice that sounds like it could give up soon, but would go on forever, and I feel that’s part of the song’s message. The ending too, contributes to this; its abrupt, as if to portray that the song has got straight to the point with its energy and fury, and it ends the same way.
My only criticism is that it was too short! A song like this could have lasted longer and still succeeded; Dream Theatre – esque.