Single Review: HEALER – Bad Patterns

BAD PATTERNS

HEALER make a fierce return with ‘Bad Patterns‘ a visceral, emotionally charged single that digs deep into the routines we inherit and the lies we live to survive them. It’s a song that doesn’t just confront the cracks in modern life, it rips them wide open.

From the first note, ‘Bad Patterns‘ grips you with its urgency. Laced with poetic grit and raw vulnerability, the track feels like waking up mid-loop, disoriented by repetition but suddenly wide-eyed to the truth. Lyrics like “holding the fort for someone else who’s not foolish enough to get caught” cut to the core, painting a picture of quiet resentment, duty, and disillusionment.

But this isn’t a song that wallows, it fights back with soaring hooks, grinding guitars and vocals that burn with frustration and longing, HEALER channel that emotional weight into something powerful, even hopeful. Beneath the anger is a spark, the sense that yes, we can break free.

What makes ‘Bad Patterns‘ even more striking is how seamlessly it balances raw emotion with a polished, anthemic sound tailor-made and ready to hit mainstream radio without losing its edge.

Emerging from their fishing-town roots of Grimsby with sharpened songwriting and a louder sense of purpose, HEALER continue to carve out space on the UK alt-rock map. ‘Bad Patterns‘ marks their most emotionally direct release yet, and it hits like a band finally stepping into its full voice.

Catch HEALER live:

22.07.25 – The Polar Bear Music Club (The Sesh), Hull

24.08.25 – Shop Local Fest, Cleethorpes

29.11.25 – The Leadmill, Sheffield

Read our review of HEALER’S ‘London Town’ here: https://theindiemasterplan.co.uk/single-review-healer-london-town