Spectres Of Desire – Entanglement

How Spectres Of Desire transform emotional pain into captivating synth pop

Rich ana­logue synths, a crisp beat and nos­tal­gic melod­ies, this is exactly how synth pop should sound that sticks in your head straight away. When you then real­ise that this artist is new to the genre and is politely ask­ing for feed­back, you’re left truly amazed. ‘Entanglement’ sounds aston­ish­ingly mature, as if the American solo artist had been breath­ing in dark synth pop sounds since childhood.

I was par­tic­u­larly impressed by the vocals. They come across as pleas­antly hon­est and largely do without any mask­ing effects. This lends the track a won­der­fully raw, authen­t­ic qual­ity. Lyrically, you can sense this depth in every line. The song tackles the heavy theme of intergen­er­a­tion­al pain and the desire for redemp­tion with a sombre, poet­ic pull. An abso­lutely mature piece of work that leaves you want­ing more.

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Lyrics of "Spectres Of Desire – Entanglement"

I've been walk­ing, col­lect­ing causeways
across dream­s­capes of wasted life
A par­al­lel tale, her own per­son­al hell
being with him till the day he died

I've been des­per­ate, weakened and reckless
a salt mine on a quiet rail
She's seen glimpses, reflec­ted moments
of shad­ows call­ing us bey­ond the veil

Some day, he'll be, just anoth­er man who for­got his life
Some day, she'll see, that there's just no way to get out alive

He fell off men­tally, shock­ingly quickly,
a child's mind is a curse to bear
She sloughed off slowly, not even knowing,
a soft shield before her organs failed

She soaked in com­fort, wrapped up in loathing
in lock-step with a raging squall
I dove in quickly, hastened the drowning
seek­ing echoes of that shad­ows call

Some day, I'll see, there's anoth­er way to get out alive
Some day, you'll be, bliss­fully aware of anoth­er life