Blasting open the EP with all the subtlety of a brick through a window, this track is pure, glorious grunge chaos wrapped in a punk sneer. From the first distorted riff, “You Were Never in Love” grabs you by the soul (and possibly your shirt collar) and yanks you straight into The Red Lite District’s world a place where emotions are raw, guitars are filthy, and pretending you didn’t care in the first place is the only way to survive.
Sonically, it’s like Nirvana and The Stooges got into a bar fight and decided to collaborate instead. There’s a reckless, melodic energy here, as if the band is just barely holding the whole thing together and that tension is exactly what makes it so addictive. Vitali Siliuk’s arrival on drums adds a punchy, almost desperate urgency to the track, giving every crash and thud a sense of this matters even as the vocals spit out the title like a bitter confession.
It’s a middle finger to illusions and false promises, delivered with just enough vulnerability to make you wonder if the anger is really hiding heartbreak. “You Were Never in Love” doesn’t just set the tone for the EP it is the tone: loud, messy, brutally honest, and impossible to ignore.
