Oh man, you guys kill me. Wonderful song.

Empathy Test

time for a silent call, a hidden memory. sweet hysteria

Hysteria (rough mix)

Fright Night

Gdanian presents his second album on Cryo Chamber, Induction.

«This is the Associate Director of the Ross 128 b Exoplanetary Colonial Mission, Dr Elliot Macrae. If you are listening to this recorded archive, you must know that we have departed from the Expeditionary Surface Control Terminal.
Upmost in our minds was that the colonial mission itself was born out of a necessity in response to the destructive influence of human beings on Planet Earth and their unique capacity for catastrophic self-harm.
We maintain a tentative hope that, one day, when we have absorbed and comprehended the intellectual concussions of what we will learn, we may return to the hub of our species, with an aim to sharing the facts and insights such as we have acquired them.»

Comes with a 12 page booklet for CD and digital download
Recommended for fans of electronic space ambient and interplanetary sci-fi

Induction

Bandcamp

Arrival

No Discernable Pattern Detected

Side A:
I - CUT
II - REPLAY
III - TEMPTATION
IV  - BLACK GLASSES

Side B:
V - COLD HARD SILVER - feat. Antoni Maiovvi (vocals)
VI - THE CHASE - feat. James Doviak (synths)
VII - POSSESSION
VIII - NO RESPITE - feat. Adrien Grousset (lead guitars)

All music and lyrics written, performed and recorded by Massimo Usai in Cagliari, Sardinia (ITALY) at The Crimson Dome. 
Mastered for vinyl by Riccardo Pasini at Studio 73.

©2023 CONFRONTATIONAL, licensed to NewRetroWave Records. NRW Records is under exclusive license to NewRetroWave, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

confrontational.net - reach@confrontational.net - newretrowave.com

BLACK GLASSES

WALK THROUGH FIRE — TILL ASKA

TILL ASKA is the fourth studio album by Swedish doom/sludge metal band WALK THROUGH FIRE. It will be released on the 12th of April 2024, initially on digital format and streaming platforms only. TILL ASKA — TO ASHES in English — is a monolithic portrayal of loss and grief.

Till Aska

Walk Through Fire "Genom Sår"

Migration

Empathy Test - Holding On

"...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
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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

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

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