My Review: SOFT VEIN - VIOLENTIA

SOFT VEIN - VIOLENTIA

Genuflected, stunned, admiring, the old scribe applauds Justin Chamberlain as he rides his winged horse across the prairies with his solo project, which are mixed zones swollen with Darkwave gems always ready to write new stories of Coldwave-esque welcome and subtle, biting electronics, but never with the headlights on.

A single that begins with a synth that shortly afterwards finds itself submerged in a sonic theatricality that borders on the deepest emotion: an ebm approach stripped of impetuosity, but hovering to establish that there are boundaries in the prairies that must be erased. A robotic gait, a vocal mantra that sucks in the heart and tosses it into the wind. A never-ending verse, the song form is frustrated and annihilated, and it delivers a shredded emotion typical of the roughest Germany. The Los Angeles-based artist offers us all a slipknot on which our skin can smile...

Alex Dematteis

Musicshockworld

Salford

30th May 2023

https://softvein.bandcamp.com/track/violentia?from=search&search_item_id=553351059&search_item_type=t&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2629226543&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=b7f5e72fa1435124ae8463949d275353