YEDM has been following SINES, or reasonably, its producer Jason Wann, since 2021. With a few wickedly-produced, synth-forward albums below the SINES title and a cheeky aspect undertaking referred to as Blood Oyster, it could be laborious to not discover the splash Wann’s made within the electronica world, particularly together with his female-and-human rights focus. With all his work being fairly female-focused and SINES at all times being meant as a duo, Wann considers Gravity to be stated duo’s first album. Now that collaborator, vocalist and video director Kitty Richardson is on board as the opposite finish of this SINE-wave, which reaches from Wann’s native Portland to Leeds in northern England, this duo is able to wave in earnest.
Gravity is an idea album, modeled after the well-known novel Circulate My Tears, the Policeman Mentioned by Philip Ok. Dick. The album takes Dick’s story a step farther by dropping the spaceman hero again onto Earth in 2023. The tracks inside are supposed to be his observations of the present tradition, politics and actuality itself. If that sounds trippy, wait till you hear the songs and see the movies. Created totally on Wann’s spectacular assortment of classic synths and programmers, the music is produced to hearken again to the golden age of synth pop, and it’s no coincidence {that a} sturdy nod to legendary new wave group The Human League could be heard right here. The English band’s first demo, “The Taverner Tape,” was additionally impressed and influenced by Dick’s fundamental character within the iconic novel. Creation begets “Fascination” begets creation, because the sine wave dictates.
One of many many attention-grabbing issues about Wann and Richardson is that they’ve by no means met and created Gravity over a 6,000 mile distance by way of all our beautiful fashionable know-how. Whereas Wann was searching for vocalists on the final pseudo-SINES album, A Collection of Moments, he got here throughout Richardson on the Vocalizr app. A composer, songwriter and visible artist of some notice in her native UK, Richardson appeared to immediately perceive the vibe Wann was going for and never solely lent her brilliant, Kate Bush-meets-Sarah Brightman vocals to the one “One thing Within the Means” however directed the video for it.
Now, with Gravity, these two kindred musical souls are stronger collectively. They’ve melded their daring, visceral and barely satirical types to create an album that’s as multi-layered and charged as it’s enjoyable and danceable. They’re working at an alarming charge, as properly. Since Gravity launched in early September, the pair have been churning out multimedia items for every observe, together with visualizers for almost all of the tracks on the album, in addition to two music movies directed by Richardson. Much like their music, the pair have a lush, vintage-fueled type, borrowing clips from previous, spacey films and splicing them with authentic artwork and video. There’s greater than meets each the attention and ear right here than spacey vibes and Warholian nightmares, nevertheless, in accordance with Richardson.
For me, essentially the most thrilling factor about Gravity is the truth that the entire “spaceman misplaced in area after which returning to earth” story is an ideal allegory for my expertise with autism and attempting to navigate the neurotypical world. I feel my fundamental purpose for my music is to speak to others a sense that I’m unable to precise utilizing solely phrases.
With this new debut, the music world is simply starting to see SINES in its ultimate kind, however Gravity is simply the bottom ground. With a great deal of creativity and a strong base, now SINES can actually transfer the best way they need and it must be a enjoyable, synth-filled trip.
Gravity is out now and could be streamed on Spotify and bought on Bandcamp. Try the SINES YouTube for extra visualizers and movies.
