Inside Bitter Honey: A Grief-Healing Album Turning Silence into Sound
Grief doesn’t follow a formula. It arrives uninvited, lingers longer than welcome, and carves itself into the quietest corners of your life. Bitter Honey doesn’t try to fix that. It simply tells the truth of it. This stunning debut from the soul-led collective Those That Remain is more than an album—it’s a deeply intimate offering. A sonic altar for those learning to live after loss. With its raw blend of spoken word, ambient soul, and cinematic folk , Bitter Honey doesn’t shy away from the heaviness. The production is stripped-back but emotionally lush, letting each breath, lyric, and melody arrive like a confession whispered in a dark room. There’s no clean arc or polished ending. Bitter Honey unfolds like real mourning—uneven, sacred, and painfully beautiful. It holds space for quiet moments ( “Empty Bed, Full Heart” ), sacred anger ( “Rage in the Roses” ), and the stillness where grief and faith wrestle ( “Unanswered Prayers” ). At its core, this album is a meditation on love t...