Empathy Test

TYING TIFFANY - DROP (out on ZerOKilled 03/14)
ORDER LIMITED EDITION VINYL HERE zerokilledmusicstore.com/album/drop

In the new album DROP, Tying Tiffany crafts her own brand of dark, icy dreamy pop, full of buzzing synths, piercing vocals, and infectious electro-beats. While maintaining that accessible pop factor, DROP finds inspiration in an eclectic mix of 90's electronica and chill-wave.

Tying Tiffany defies convention with her irresistible blend of post-punk, industrial and electronic music rooted in ethos of DIY and experimentations in the visual and performance arts. Working under the moniker since 2005, the project often reaches beyond the music and visuals to explore themes on dadaism, sexuality and feminist discourse. And even though the cited influences are extremely diverse there is an atmosphere of darkness that runs through each movement, creating a shadowy cohesion through her material.

Although a strong fixture in the Italian underground, years of intense touring have opened access to larger arenas including gigs with legends like The Buzzcocks and Iggy Pop as well as tracks featured in TV, Video Games and major Hollywood films (such as “The Hunger Games” and “Catching Fire” trailers, CSI, FIFA). While Tying Tiffany may be able to appeal to the masses, her music and artwork remains rooted in the DIY and the nocturnal - a testament to the project's impressive flexibility.

Tying Tiffany - One End

Production & synth: @du_brae
Mixing, Mastring: @scott-wazear
Guitar: Breathtax, Calidada 
Bass: Philippe Pansard
Beat: @kouakou
Synth: @gwd



Ἔρως
Shooting arrows
Ἔρως
Time narrows

Ἔρως
Your desire
Ἔρως
Playing with fire

You been aiming
At my heart
You been resting
On my lap
You been ruling
All my life
You been playing
With the Gods

Ἔρως
Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν,
Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήνεσι πίπτεις,

Ἔρως
Καταστρέφεις ζωές
Ἔρως
Τα ουράνια αγγίζεις

Waiting
For you to break me
Baiting
On your hooks

Skating
On your thin ice
Sweating
In my lover’s eyes

I been looking
For your curse
I been looking
For your spells
I been looking
For you in centuries

Ἔρως
Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν,
Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήνεσι πίπτεις,

I been hurting
From your love
I been losing
My own mind
I been crying
Rivers lied
Then I run
Straight back to you

I been running
From your hurt
I been bleeding
From your mess
You been laughing
In my face
But I’m beating you
In your own game

Έρως
Μάγεψε με
Έρως
Ανάστησέ με

Έρως

Ἔρως - Eros

THE NEW LP "A DANCE OF SHADOWS" out OCTOBER 1st, 2015

"SHADOWDANCING" premiere on BLOODY-DISGUSTING.com SEPTEMBER 1st, 2015 
bloody-disgusting.com/news/3358812/confrontational-shadowdancing-song-premiere-exclusive/ 

SIDE A: 
1 Shadowdancing 
2 Flat / Line 
3 Like A Curse (Feat. Monte Pittman) 
4 One Last Kiss 
5 Script (Feat. Darren Travis) 

SIDE B: 
1 Forsaken 
2 To Live And Die On The Air (Feat. Cody Carpenter) 
3 You'll Be Mine 
4 Motionless (Bonus Track) 

All Music & Lyrics, Instruments Performance By MASSIMO USAI (c) 2015 - www.confrontational.net 

Produced, Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at THE CRIMSON DOME By M. USAI in Cagliari, SARDINIA (Italy) between May - August 2015

Heartfelt thanks to Monte, Darren and Cody for being a part of this. 

CODY CARPENTER - Lead Synth on "TO LIVE AND DIE ON THE AIR"
MONTE PITTMAN - Lead Guitars on "LIKE A CURSE" 
DARREN TRAVIS - Vocals on "SCRIPT"

CODY CARPENTER appears courtesy of LUDRIUM 
www.ludrium.bandcamp.com 
DARREN TRAVIS appears courtesy of SADUS RECORDS 
www.last.fm/music/sadus 
MONTE PITTMAN appears courtesy of METAL BLADE RECORDS 
www.montepittman.com 
Cover Art Concept & Design By BRANCA STUDIO 
www.brancastudio.com 

TO LIVE AND DIE ON THE AIR (Feat. Cody Carpenter)

Empathy Test - Holding On

Remix by VHS GLITCH,Track appearing on the new Replicanti album. 

REPLICANTI///Once Undone///VHS GLITCH Remix

Dark, dreamy, postpunk track in the vein of the early 80's goth scene. Featuring backing vocals by Die Huntress and the guitar stylings of Neglectic.

Teenage Daydream Conspiracy

Dream Lover (feat. Die Huntress & Neglectic)

From the Ath.Lon Limited edition double CD

Ath.Lon DELUXE bonus tracks

Happiness

"...like an echo of a classic film soundtrack, [EmpathyTest] wouldn’t sound out of place snaking into the soundtrack of Netflix series Stranger Things’ second season." - The Line of Best Fit

Empathy Test is London-based electronic music duo Isaac Howlett (vocals) and Adam Relf (production). Currently performing their unique brand of emotive, ‘80s tinged synth pop across Europe with the help of Christina Lopez (drums) and Jacob Ferguson Lobo (keyboards), they have previously shared stages with everyone from The Japanese House to Bombay Bicycle Club. Following the success of ‘Seeing Stars’ and ‘By My Side’, Empathy Test are now set to drop new single 'Bare My Soul'.

‘Bare My Soul’ perfectly showcases the childhood friends’ brooding, cinematic sound. Pulsating analogue synthesizers, combined with a staggered drumbeat and rolling toms, drive the track to a dazzling, euphoric chorus. Isaac’s sombre vocals meanwhile, provide snapshots of poignant moments in his formative years, from a friend’s early critique of his “deep and meaningful” song writing, to the death of a girlfriend’s father.

“’Bare My Soul’ is literally about doing just that; baring one's soul. Isaac was initially inspired by a radio documentary he heard about Kurt Cobain, in which someone said, “[Kurt] had this ability to...bare his soul, in a way that no one else could”. The music mirrors that feeling of release when you finally get things off your chest, moving from the dark, suffocating tightness of the verses into the bright, open space of the choruses. The people in the song; Stephen, Blythe, Cassandra and Sophie, are all real people that Isaac encountered growing up” - Empathy Test

With this release, Empathy Test once again demonstrate an effortless ability to translate the atmospherics of classic sci-fi soundtracks into an accessible contemporary pop structure and combine it with confessional lyrics that cut right to the core. Scheduled to arrive on the 21st April, ‘Bare My Soul’ kicks off a PledgeMusic campaign to fund the self-release of Empathy Test’s debut album on the 23rd June.

Empathy Test | Bare My Soul Lyrics

Stephen said why not write something
That’s not so deep and meaningful?
But the truth can be so, 
Tragic and beautiful.

Blythe said she could never
Tell anyone just how she feels.
How will anyone know when,
She caves in and it all gets real?

I want to bare my soul -
In a way that no one can.
In the hope that 
some of you might understand
How it feels 
To be so alone.
To be so alone.
To be so alone.

Cassandra said she’d lost the plot
When she stopped the car to drop me off.
I watched her disappear
Her face reflected in the rear-view mirror.

Sophie woke me in the dead of night
To tell me how her dad had died.
I lie here in the dark but,
Now there’s nowhere left to hide.

Bare My Soul

The final single to be released from Empathy Test's forthcoming LP, 'Safe From Harm' (out 17th November). Pre-order the EP here:

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/everything-will-work-out-ep/id1288664383
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Will-Work-Empathy-Test/dp/B075VM1NW4/
Bandcamp: https://empathy-test.bandcamp.com/album/everything-will-work-out

Pre-order the twin debut LPs, Losing Touch & safe From Harm on CD, vinyl and digital here: http://bit.ly/ETPledge

"Lush, visceral and with deeply reflective lyrics" - BlackBooks
http://bbook.com/arts-culture/blackbook-premiere-striking-new-empathy-test-single-everything-will-work-out/


Website: http://www.empathytest.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/empathytest
Twitter: https://twitter.com/empathytest
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/empathytest

EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT LYRICS

As the dawn breaks, on the last day -
Of a long, long year,
My head aches, but the bedroom is bright and 
I'm wide awake.
And you’re here -
And it's such a relief to finally 
Have you near ...
But I almost hear you thinking,
I can almost hear you thinking,
About ... him.
And all that you'll leave behind,
Lies heavy on your mind -
Heavy on my mind …
 
But I've got this funny feeling everything will work out
I've got this funny feeling that everything will work out
I've got this funny feeling that everything will work out
I've got this funny feeling that everything 
Will fall --- into place.
 
So pack up your things and just leave him,
Come right out and just tell him where you were tonight.
Or kiss him tonight with the same mouth,
You used on me in my ... cold house,
And I promise I won't tell.
But I almost hear you thinking,
I can almost hear you thinking,
About ... him.
And all that you'll leave behind,
Lies heavy on your mind -
Heavy on my mind …
 
Here I go, another romantic on overflow,
I locked you out but you won't go,
The keys tied round your neck
Haven't quite strangled you yet.
And I live with my regrets,
Like you with your cigarettes,
I long to give you up,
Before you kill me.
 
We're too tied, too well-tied together.

Lyrics by Isaac Howlett
Music by Empathy Test
Copyright Empathy Test 2017

Safe From Harm

Everything Will Work Out

Losing Touch

Siamese

Holy Rivers | Incubation Song

Incubation Song

Holy Rivers

Сны О Вечном

Лабиринты Звезд

Knight Flight

Monsters

Incubation Song (Album Version)

New choon from my latest EP 'Deathless'

xx  Amelia

https://ameliaarsenic.bandcamp.com/album/deathless

Deathless

To Love Is To Destroy

The band Boy George called a musical orgasm. We don't answer messages on here. Email info[at]empathytest[.]com with any serious propositions.

Siamese

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