Launched on April 18, ‘Apnea’ is the most recent launch from gloryBots.
The primary monitor from gloryBots’ fourth album, ‘Mad Finish’, ‘Apnea’ flirts someplace between shoegaze and goth, post-punk and alt-rock. The drum beats are the very definition of the tune’s title, as they mimic with their staccato rhythms the sleeper’s non permanent cessation of breath and the sudden gasp for air. It’s an awesome stepping off level if you happen to’re new to this gloryBots – however if you happen to’re a daily reader of Primarily Pop, you’ll know we’ve been following their journey proper from the beginning.
It’s disturbing to assume that, regardless of ‘Apnea’ being written in 2023, issues haven’t obtained any higher since then; slightly they’ve obtained an entire lot worse. Maybe being caught in a state of Apnea – someplace between the dreamworld and actuality – is preferable to being out right here and watching the world go down in flames.
There’s a definite “European” flavour to gloryBots sound, harking back to up to date artists similar to Tokio Resort, or The Rasmus. On ‘Apnea’ the guitars hold tempo with the driving drums, and once in a while there’s what sounds just like the beep of a life-support (or perhaps a CPAP) machine, an ever-present monitor, reminding us to by no means hand over, by no means give up. Whereas we would really feel like we’re simply watching every thing go to hell, we nonetheless have a component to play in all of it, and have to hold our deal with enhancing even simply our personal little world.
Talking of the monitor, gloryBots mentioned,
“Apnea is a few fictional character’s emotions of helplessness and despair related to being on the sideline watching the gradual collapse of civilization, and the juxtaposition to find magnificence regardless of all of it crumbling down. The tune additionally touches on the challenges that psychological well being points can go utterly unnoticed within the bodily world.“
At the moment a trio, gloryBots is led by Seattle singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jalal Andre, accompanied by Ilya Krisa on bass, and Don Gunn on drums. Take heed to ‘Apnea’ under, and discover out extra about gloryBots and their music on-line on Instagram, Fb, and their official web site.
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