The Tower marks Urban Heat's highly anticipated sophomore full-length. A highly personal album, the title pulls reference from The Tower Tarot card, which is widely associated with danger, crisis, sudden change, destruction, higher learning, and liberation, and the album itself features the band at their absolute peak. Songs like the arena-ready “Seven Safe Places” and the intricately steady “Take it to Your Grave,” show the band’s sonic versatility. The latter, which best exemplifies the majority of the record, is about feelings of unworthiness and fears of self-sabotage. Introspectiveness dots Horstmann's lyrics, driving home its power and relatability.
