Avro – Psychopathé

Synth pop with an analogue heartbeat

To me, Avro's ‘Psychopathé’ sounds like dark­ness dis­solv­ing into light – a synth pop piece that invents its own shad­ow world.

The first few seconds seem slightly muffled and mel­an­chol­ic, almost as if the song were covered by a lay­er of fog. But as soon as the chor­us kicks in, everything opens up – the sound becomes bright­er, wider, almost cath­artic. I like these con­trasts, the inter­play of gloom and new begin­nings. I find the small, almost hid­den synth effects that appear again and again and pos­it­ively break up the flow of listen­ing par­tic­u­larly excit­ing. This seems delib­er­ately placed and shows that Avro has his pro­duc­tion metic­u­lously under control.

The vocals remain clear and dis­tinctly under­stand­able through­out – no gim­micks, just a voice that knows what it wants. Lyrically, ‘Psychopathé’ revolves around desire and memory, fleet­ing intim­acy and the moment before everything fades away.

The hand­made music video rounds off the whole thing: strong col­ours, an ana­logue film touch that per­fectly matches the mel­an­chol­ic mood.

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Lyrics of "Avro – Psychopathé"

Silver shad­ow cast against a wall
This desire
Fleck of dust float­ing in a light beam
This desire

So dance my love!
It’s only fantasy
Dance my love
Lay your hands on me

Kisses in the dark and faces on a screen
This desire
The reel ends, the vel­vet cur­tain falls
On this desire

So dance my love!
It’s only fantasy
Dance my love
Lay your hands on me

Two moons held by gravity
Two eyes speak­ing blasphemy
Two hands con­jure alchemy
Will you remem­ber me?
Will you remem­ber me?

So dance my love!
It’s only fantasy
Dance my love
Lay your hands on me

Will you remem­ber me?
Will you remem­ber me?