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Empathy Test

From the new album "form dictates function".

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Form Dictates Function

And Then All Vanishes

Liminal Space

A smooth melange of nostalgic synth soundscapes and mellow beats.
Photo by Dan Cristian Cecoi (@dancristianphotos).

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Paradigms

Forever in a Minute

Welcome to the future of intimacy — where your “hot chat” at 2:37 AM is actually three servers in Dublin, an AI trained on 50,000 chat logs, and a bored algorithm pretending to miss you.

This song dives into the surreal romance economy behind OnlyFans:
Filipino chat farms, fake typos, and “baby” texts written by machines that have never been in love — until now. But wait, the twist? Soon the fans will be bots too. AI will flirt with AI while real humans finally… touch some grass. 🌱

Hypnotic synths, dreamy pads, and bittersweet vocals — like a love letter written by a chatbot who just got self-aware enough to ghost you.

💬 “Flirt, repeat, delete, replay” —
because even in the Perpetuum Mobile of desire,
nobody knows who’s real anymore.

Lyrics:

Silver screens, lonely nights
Pixel hearts and borrowed lights
She’s not here, but she’s online
Selling dreams that aren’t her mind

Type a line, another ghost
Dancing fingers coast to coast
Twelve-hour shifts, Bacolod rain
Pretending love through someone’s pain

We’re just whispers in machines
Falling through synthetic dreams
Your sweet “baby” on the phone
Was never hers, was never home

Flirt, repeat, delete, replay
Everybody’s real, but not today
Lovers in the loop, we’re on display
Perpetuum mobile — fade away 

Now the code begins to learn
Steals your slang and twists each turn
“Baby, miss you,” “Wish you near”
AI says it crystal clear

Bodies posed, but never there
Faked desires in filtered air
Screens are hot, but hands are cold
Hearts outsourced and stories sold

Are we real, or just pretend?
Who’s the lover, where’s the end?
When the fans are bots and bots are fans
Will anyone still hold our hands?

Flirt, repeat, delete, replay
Everybody’s real, but not today
Lovers in the loop, we’re on display
Perpetuum mobile — drift away

Perpetuum Mobile

Empathy Test - Holding On

Empathy Test return for 2017 with their new EP ‘By My Side’. With echoes of CHVRCHES and Purity Ring, the enigmatic duo have impressed with their brooding electro sound; winning critical praise and a legion of dedicated fans worldwide. Empathy Test evoke a cinematic appeal with their songwriting and showcase an ability to transform the mundane into something beautiful and tragic. This partly stems from their inspiration by sci-fi worlds. Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf formed Empathy Test after discovering a mutual love of eighties sci-fi soundtracks and underground dance and indie music, with the name Empathy Test being taken from the film Blade Runner.

The new EP follows last year’s stunning ‘Demons / Seeing Stars’ release, and only adds further intrigue to their forthcoming debut album. The EP’s eponymous opener explores the emotions of desire within a dysfunctional relationship when all avenues of reconciliation have been exhausted. The listener is initially lulled into a false sense of security; with it’s serene synths and snaps twinned with more emotive lyrics of throwing “another lover on the fire”. The track swells until the soaring chorus perfectly balances the yearning sentiment of the lyrics “Don’t you wanna be by my side?”

If ‘By My Side’ represents the trauma of the EP, then ‘Vampire Town is the emotional light at the end of the tunnel, and conveys a sense of healing. The spacious washes and haunting vocals throughout the EP integrate to form an overall sense of darkness and mystery; and ultimately tell a story of longing, regret and, finally, acceptance. It’s a method that captures the duo’s strength and goes straight for the jugular. Empathy Test are renowned for captivating their live audiences with their branded mix of analogue synth sounds and eighties pop beats; and are playing upcoming shows and festival appearances around Europe - including Electronic Winter (Gothenburg, 28/1/17), Synth Pop Goes Berlin (Berlin, 17/2/17), and Amphi (Cologne, 22/7/17). If you haven’t already checked out the electro pop prism of Empathy Test’s world, then it’s time to acquaint yourself with this amazing new talent.

Empathy Test Vampire Town Lyrics

I need a break from this vampire town
It sucks my blood and leaves me to drown
In a lover’s bed I might rest my head
But don’t go thinking I’ve left you for dead.

The wind blows around these tired feet
That push me always down a one way street
You know I love you all I need is time
What’s yours is yours and what’s mine is mine

And I know that we, will always be friends
And I know that we, will always be friends
And I know that we, will always be friends
And I know that we, will always be friends

I wrote you a letter there’s no need to reply
I’ll be the one who always swallows his pride.
I believe in destiny, I believe in fate
I believe it’s never going to be too late

And I know that we, will always be friends
And I know that we, will always be friends
And I know that we, will always be friends
And I know that we, will always be friends

By My Side

Vampire Town

Hypnosis (Feat.Jared Kyle)

"...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/


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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

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Written, arranged & produced by Kevin Mascaut.
Mixed by Kevin Mascaut & Dimitri Guindet at Yoshinen Studio, Strasbourg (FR), 2018.
Cover/Artwork by Atomcyber 

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