Band Statement:
S.H.E's debut album "Never Belong" is an introspective progressive rock album that stands out with its' nordic melancholy and dark atmosphere.
It is an album about estrangement, detachment and self reflection. It tells a story about the process of healing after being broken down by personal failures, severed relationships and weltschmerz.
Never Belong contemplates feeling like an outsider.
In 2018 Tom Pohjola came up with the idea of making a full-length album and got his friends Joel Huttunen and Sami Perttunen on board with the project. It was clear from the get-go that the album would be heavily influenced by old school progressive rock and that it would have a clear theme. At first the album was about breaking free from a destructive cycle of life. Later on in 2020 Touko Lehenkari joined the band as a singer and rewrote the lyrics and the album became more about feeling like an outcast hence the album's title is "Never Belong".
After a couple of recording sessions and a guitar feature by Jere Suominen the album was finally finished in late 2020.
