synthwave

To fully appreciate my excitableness behind this review, I’ll probably need to make the admission that I was one of the many people to fawn over Rob Lowe. So, when I stumbled across Prom Night Perm’s latest Alt Electro Synthwave single “Young Rob Lowe” which was released on July 12^th, it was never going to fall flat on my ears.

Upon hitting play and getting a sonic blast of 80s synth Pop as the vocals lusted after the charisma Rob Lowe, every assumption I had about the track manifested as an aural euphoric delight that goes beyond endearing – which is by in large due to the sweet searing riffs which carve their progressions over the melody on the keys. Young Rob Lowe is a track which I definitely won’t be forgetting about in a hurry; it’s a guilty earworm that demands repeat attention.

You can check out Prom Night Perm’s single Young Rob Lowe for yourselves by heading over to Bandcamp now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

If it doesn’t feel like a track has taken you on an epic journey, is it even worth listening to? I wouldn’t say so.

Whilst drinking in the deftly stylised chaos of Panda Plane’s latest single .Shadow. it was hard not to feel as though I had traversed through a medley of different tracks, the amount of progression which is packed into the five minute duration was astounding. From a prelude not too dissimilar to what you’d expect to hear on a Top Gun soundtrack to midway through when you’re treated to the swampy synthy hooks that pad out this conceptually genius single, In Panda Plane really doesn’t leave you wanting for more, especially when you take into what was by far my favourite element of the track; the instrumental breakdowns. As .Shadow. draws to a close, the digital effects digital effects were stripped back, and the guitar drove the sound along side the intricate complexity of the drum breakdowns. The Lo Fi Emo vocals may not be for everyone, but there’s no disputing that for .Shadow. they just work.

If you want to see what Romantically Emo chilled Synthpop sounds like head on over to SoundCloud where you can check out Panda Plane’s single from his latest album Intertextuality

Review by Amelia Vandergast