![]() The following track, Artificial Feelings, shows the more melodic side to his new shadowy sound but with plenty of unexpected chops and breaks and a playful attitude towards atonality. It sounds insincere giving someone this much praise, but Trevor really doesn’t hesitate with switching things up and playing with expectations. His vocals are not so much vocals in the traditional pop song sense, but an instrument track in its own right that can be just appreciated for it’s color and consistency. Someone newer to Trevor’s modus operandi might be slightly annoyed with his monotone, droning vocals but at a certain point you accept it as one of the basic principles when you enter his world. With the bassline that might have been borrowed from Perturbator, Trevor assumes the role of a predatory observer serenading his object of his desire. With The Touch of Your Skin we’re back in the more club-ready waters. Maybe Trevor is saying that’s price of being a living myth: being completely alone in the world? The scene we might envision is of the shuddering realization of being the last person on Earth. All the while, musically we’re in the dark synth territory, with a rumbling, sawblade-ish bass and the feeling of being at an abandoned industrial plant.īrain Waves immediately breaks the mold, keeping just the overall dark tones but doing away with percussion altogether. The Possession segues from the opener nicely, and while Trevor contemplates the nature of one of his relationships, playing on the double meaning of the word „possession“. Still, this is probably the first time we’re seeing Trevor this vulnerable and it immediately changes the paradigm. “If I die tonight in my sleep, I prey (sic) the lord my soul to take”, croons Trevor and you can feel chills going up your spine.Ĭould Trevor be turning religious? Ah, but no: “But if I already lost my faith, Would it be to late?“, he adds. The album opens up with the haunting rhyme of If I Die and you immediately know you’re not in the sex, drugs and discotheque zone anymore. ![]() Trevor Something blows all that out of the water with a sound that is as much a quintessential example of the genre, as is personal and his very own.Īt a time when the scene has probably never seen so many producers and releases, Death Dream comes as a soothing breath of fresh air and really reinforces Trevor as lone-wolf in a league of his own among the dime-a-dozen me-too productions. ![]() This year was one of the strongest yet for the retro synth scene, yet expectedly there’s a lot of forgettable material too. ![]() It gives a human touch to his synthetic persona and – it should be said right away– makes for one of the top synthwave albums of the year. While the first two albums served to flesh out the foundation for his mythos of a faceless, promiscuous, party-weary producer that came from the dead, this third one sees Trevor step further into the dark parts of his soul and offers his findings to the world. However, on his third LP, Death Dream, that was just released, we are allowed a small glimpse into who he REALLY is. Nearly two years after his debut single, we still don’t know a lot more about Trevor Something’s true identity. ![]()
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