Lewis sometimes breaks out into either a hearty yell or a throaty gurgle that sounds like the devil vomiting (“Can’t Believe”), but the best songs keep his passion a little more controlled. The songs on Break the Cycle are drenched in melancholy melodies and slow, heavy riffs typical of the sensitive side of the alt-rock genre. It’s a slower, partially acoustic number that builds on its own emotion. “Waste,” a song written to a fan who committed suicide, is particularly poignant as it grabbles with Lewis’s empathy and anger for a boy he’s never met.
Lewis has almost three decades of personal material to mine, and as familiar as his issues are, Break the Cycle still feels like a new, honest look into difficulties that can hit people across the board.
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