Jane Remover : "Revengeseekerz"

 

This indie-pop / electro project tags it's as being digicore. The auto-tuned vocals are not unlike those heard from more mainstream trap rappers, such as Future. Lyrically, aside from being presented chaotically, things are just as vapid as the lyrics you might hear on the radio, though they were more tolerable when presented in this fashion. Rapper Danny Brown is on the second song. It makes the song oddly more accessible, though they go in a more dub-step direction production-wise. This builds into a harsher barrage of noise. The beat emerges from this to keep things moving. 

The sound of breaking glass is used to contrast the pop pulse of "Star People." It dies down to a more melodic strum. Not as compelling as the first two songs, but still effective. The higher auto-tuned pop vocals against the waves of noise create a juxtaposition similar to what HEALTH, does, though not as heavy or as hooky, even with the pop influence in play. A song like "Experimental Skin: lacks the focus HEALTH has. Though the vocal melody does weave it's out of this cyber chaos. There are more unorganized layers of sound struggling for your attention on "angels in camo". 

Going back to the well to re-use the sound of breaking glass on "Dreamflasher' finds it not as effective the second time around, but the beat is more solid in a less cluttered mix. Though things return to the more disjointed sound for " TURN UP OR DIE".The energy picks up tempo witse of "Dance with your eyes closed" which finds them once again in collision with the two ends of the sonic spectrum their brand of hyper pop deals in. "Fadeoutz" finds even their formula casting a uniformity to what they do as it runs off the previous song, and I had to check the playlist to see if this was still the same song. 

"Professional Vengeance" finds its hooks amid the shifting landscape in the glitched-out matrix of heavily effected synths. "Dark night castle" is the closest they come to a ballad, with more R&B-inflected vocals and a lighter piano line punctuated by the normal noise barrages they employ.  The last song is the lead single, which drew me in to check out the album in the first place. and might be the strongest song on the album. I think a 9 is fair for this. They are doing some interesting things, I think most of the problems come in the mix, and things get a little cluttered when the two contrasting styles cancel each other out, but it is a fun listen and a strong pop offering with enough experimentation to avoid being lumped in with the rest of the TikTok trash. 

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