The opening sequence to Ulysse Zangs’ single, Gone in Lust, rivals the chill-inducing skills of David Lynch; it’s a slice of sonic arthouse cinema in itself. After the haunting discordance of the synths, a mild acoustic guitar melody rises throughout the ambient people manufacturing in opposition to the singer-songwriter’s diaphanously candy vocal strains, that are simply as caressive as Elliott Smith’s, with a nuanced alt-country twang.
As the one progresses with ethereal semi-lucid candour, the jarring synths choose their moments to hurry by means of the discharge, including a palpable sense of unease to the reverie of the one.
With each launch orchestrated in an intersection of sound, motion and nature, Ulysse Zangs’ is a lot greater than an aural architect chiselling their legacy into the airwaves one launch at a time. By pulling inspiration from a myriad of phenomena, their sound is as cerebral as it’s invitingly intimate.
Given the filmic qualities of Gone in Lust, it’s no shock that Ulysse Zangs additionally scores for efficiency items, artwork installations and movie. Their lately launched EP, Idle Arms Or, which options Gone in Lust, is an exploration of grief and restoration; after the passing of his grandmother, Zangs returned to their hometown, a small village in Normandy, and arrange a studio of their grandmother’s former residence.
Talking on the EP, the artist reveals, “This album looks like an invite to decelerate and ponder—each the exterior setting and the interior landscapes of emotion. It displays my journey of letting go of the previous and arriving absolutely within the current second.”
Gone in Lust is now obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast