YEDM has been following SINES, or slightly, its producer Jason Wann, since 2021. With a couple of wickedly-produced, synth-forward albums beneath the SINES identify and a cheeky aspect mission referred to as Blood Oyster, it will be onerous to not discover the splash Wann’s made within the electronica world, particularly along with his female-and-human rights focus. With all his work being fairly female-focused and SINES all the time being supposed as a duo, Wann considers Gravity to be stated duo’s first album. Now that collaborator, vocalist and video director Kitty Richardson is on board as the opposite finish of this SINE-wave, which reaches from Wann’s native Portland to Leeds in northern England, this duo is able to wave in earnest.
Gravity is a idea album, modeled after the well-known novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip Ok. Dick. The album takes Dick’s story a step farther by dropping the spaceman hero again onto Earth in 2023. The tracks inside are supposed to be his observations of the present tradition, politics and actuality itself. If that sounds trippy, wait till you hear the songs and see the movies. Created totally on Wann’s spectacular assortment of classic synths and programmers, the music is produced to hearken again to the golden age of synth pop, and it’s no coincidence that a sturdy nod to legendary new wave group The Human League might be heard right here. The English band’s first demo, “The Taverner Tape,” was additionally impressed and influenced by Dick’s primary character within the iconic novel. Creation begets “Fascination” begets creation, because the sine wave dictates.
One of the numerous attention-grabbing issues about Wann and Richardson is that they’ve by no means met and created Gravity over a 6,000 mile distance by way of all our pretty trendy expertise. While Wann was in search of vocalists on the final pseudo-SINES album, A Series of Moments, he got here throughout Richardson on the Vocalizr app. A composer, songwriter and visible artist of some be aware in her native UK, Richardson appeared to immediately perceive the vibe Wann was going for and never solely lent her vibrant, Kate Bush-meets-Sarah Brightman vocals to the one “Something In the Way” however directed the video for it.
Now, with Gravity, these two kindred musical souls are stronger collectively. They’ve melded their daring, visceral and barely satirical kinds to create an album that’s as multi-layered and charged as it’s enjoyable and danceable. They’re working at an alarming charge, as nicely. Since Gravity launched in early September, the pair have been churning out multimedia items for every observe, together with visualizers for practically all of the tracks on the album, in addition to two music movies directed by Richardson. Similar to their music, the pair have a lush, vintage-fueled model, borrowing clips from previous, spacey motion pictures and splicing them with unique artwork and video. There’s greater than meets each the attention and ear right here than spacey vibes and Warholian nightmares, nevertheless, in accordance with Richardson.
For me, probably the most thrilling factor about Gravity is the truth that the entire “spaceman lost in space and then returning to earth” story is a good allegory for my expertise with autism and making an attempt to navigate the neurotypical world. I believe my primary purpose for my music is to speak to others a feeling that I’m unable to precise utilizing solely phrases.
With this new debut, the music world is simply starting to see SINES in its last type, however Gravity is just the bottom ground. With a great deal of creativity and a stable base, now SINES can actually transfer the way in which they need and it needs to be a enjoyable, synth-filled experience.
Gravity is out now and might be streamed on Spotify and bought on Bandcamp. Check out the SINES YouTube for extra visualizers and movies.
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