A Heavy And Spacious Single From Electron
A sonically massive and driving new track from Electron delivers an incredible cross of industrial, electronic, and metal, with hints of alternative rock and its underbelly, and a dark, edgy overtone that breeds a little bit of a haunt and plenty of aggression.
"Lie To Me" absolutely has a spacious atmosphere to it, as the beginning of the song breeds deepening synthesizers and keys, vast pads, and this engulfing kind of soundscape that really sucks you in.
As the song plays on, it grows. More synthesizers come into play, and the electronic soundscape of everything gets edgier. This is partially why you hear certain elements of industrial music and the influence of songs like this.
The track explodes into alternative rock choruses with harmonizing vocals and incredibly anthemic approaches that have emotion behind them. This is a song that blends a series of heavy genres, and does so in a seamless fashion, so that it has a sort of natural flow to it.
The chorus of this track is incredible. It is so impactful that the vocals are just belting out, but are super tight with those harmonies, giving this thickened sort of vocal texture and making the song even more driving than before.
The guitar tones are pretty massive as well. You have a very heavy distortion, thick bass guitar, and the whole thing is deep-pocketed. It creates a rumble and brings to mind not just alternative rock, but helmets of grunge and screamo at the same time.
After the first chorus, it breaks back down, and the verses become the calm before the storm. During the verses is where you hear a lot more of the synthesizers and keys coming into play as they are more of the rhythm instrument of focus during those sections.
Again, these layers of textures are incredible. You have the synth pads in the background, creating a distant sort of spacious feel, and then you have the upfront synthesizers that are more aggressive and bring out that industrial approach again.
One of my favorite Parts about this track is this bridge, things get super heavy. They leave a sort of space or whisper before that happens, but when it comes in, it's brutal. It has this blend of hardcore and metal in terms of the riff, the drums are absolutely slamming, and this is the heaviest part of the song in terms of breeding that metal edginess.
You also have screaming vocals that are just super intense, and it's one of the biggest and most climactic parts of the track.
Flowing right back into the chorus again, you come back to the robust and sort of vivacious alternative rock feel, and then you get some great lead guitar work.
This was one of my favorite things. I have missed great guitar solos and heavy music for a long time. Not all bands skip out on it, but a lot of them do now.
I'm not really sure why. The solo on this is awesome, and I feel like it came right at the perfect time because the song needed it right then and there.
The way they end the song is by keeping that guitar solo going; it starts really shredding, it's still melodic, but it really starts going off, and then they move back into that heavy breakdown riff again to end the track.
Absolutely brilliant.
I say this because they were able to run a gamut of emotion throughout this track. Every element of this song, from the keys, drums, guitars, bass guitar, and vocals, came together like puzzle pieces and delivered something that started with the atmospheric swallow and ended with the aggressive punch.
This was a very well-thought-out track in terms of its arrangement. It was high-impact, crazy energy, intensity fluctuations, and really just explosive when it needed to be.
Definitely check this out, and do not listen to it on a low volume. Turn this one up because that's how it was meant to be heard.
Check this one out right now, and you won't soon regret it, especially if you love anything heavy with smart songwriting, and some emotion and impact behind it.
