Empathy Test

Opposite Equals (ft. Haribol Attitude)

Lava Meeseeks (Tango mix)

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

A melancholic one... Taken from the new album MORNING MANIAC MUSIC. Lead vocals by Kristina Brodowski.

THE SWEEPS - Down On The Beach

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)

"...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

Airglow

Safe From Harm

Trampoline

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
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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

Everything Will Work Out

The Destroyers Are Coming

Here With You

An album consisting of two equal 7-track parts called "joy" and "fun" respectively. Finishing it is a milestone for me in many ways, and it turned out to be a thing I'm finally really proud of. I hope you'll like it. 

Recorded during the first half of 2018. 

__________________ 

I'd like to thank my listeners for such a long time supporting my music. I hope you don't mind my constant discography reorganisations.
credits

@madronarenata — vocals for "ghosted"
@madalynne-878627691 — vocals for "this time"
@thedeathvalleytunes — parts for "kill the wolf"
Laskai — vocals for "thorn III"

Joy and Fun

Ghosted | feat. Madrona Renata

Holy Rivers | Incubation Song

Incubation Song

Holy Rivers

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.

Trampoline

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