If you fancy some nice music in your car, or when you cleaning the house, I really recommend this artist, this is TR/ST.
The sound is a mixture of Indie, DarkWave and Electropop
TR/ST is the musical project of producer, singer, and artist Robert Alfons. Weaving an entirely unique sonic tapestry, Alfons has been captivating audiences with his dynamic vocals, emotive lyrics, and late night sensuality for over a decade.
TR/ST (originally founded as "Trust") built a cult following with early releases like "Candy Walls" and the hazy, rave-leaning "Bulbform."
TR/ST's self-titled debut album was released in 2012, with lead single "Sulk" emerging as a breakout hit. Named "Best New Track" by Pitchfork, "Sulk" combined propulsive sirens and disco-ready drums and hypnotically layered them under Alfons' captivating vocal harmonies. Acclaimed upon release, the album was nominated for the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year in 2013.
PRESSRELEASE:
The 4th full-length studio album by Robert Alfons aka TR/ST (fka Trust), 'Performance', sinks even further into the nasty synth-pop psychodrama that the project has pioneered and, finally, perfected across over a decade of evolution. Recorded in Los Angeles, the songs seethe with dread, lust, reckoning, and abandon, backlit by the light pollution of a thousand dead end city streets. Alfons co-produced the collection with versatile composer and producer Nightfeelings, achieving a thick, smoky balance of eerie synths, fog machine low end, and bruised, crooning voice.
The title alludes to a friend’s offhand remark about Alfons' intrinsically performative nature. The opener, "Soon," swells to life with hymnal electronics before kicking through the dance floor with a huge new wave hook, spiked with caustic kiss-off lyrics ("Asleep I still say it aloud / Scared stiff it’s all around / We never did call it off, now our organs dried / Scared stiff to stone, you liar"). The music moves between beauty and bitterness, anthem and anguish, the sound of melancholia gone massive. On track after track, Alfons wields pop dynamics and brooding production wizardry like a weapon, spiraling through a roll call of singles – "All At Once," "The Shore," "Dark Day," "Boys of LA." Throughout, there’s a sense of emotional turmoil elevated to strange heights, stained by guilt and ghosts and the memory of those wronged and those still unforgiven.
Album is out on DAIS Records, stream it for free on Spotify
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