More Ephemerol – Disengagement Ring

‘Disengagement Ring’ – a wild ride through decades of electricity

Totally crazy shit! I was com­pletely blown away the first time I heard it. The intro throws me straight into a dark EBM wave, edgy and phys­ic­al – but 12 seconds later, the sound shifts and glides into almost flaw­less elec­tro­clash. It's pre­cisely this break that grabs me. The sing­er sounds so damn much like Neil Arthur from Blancmange that I almost get goose­bumps – that clear, slightly detached 80s vibe fits per­fectly. And then Gina Kuhn joins in with her punky, snotty vocals and effort­lessly takes the song to a new level of energy.

Everything seems var­ied, multi-layered, but nev­er over­loaded. Lyrically, it's about let­ting go, shed­ding fear, tak­ing con­trol – and this idea also runs through the music: "Disengage to engage". A fant­ast­ic, dazzling hybrid that finally anchors More Ephemerol's sound in the present.

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Lyrics "More Ephemerol – Disengagement Ring"

Manic pan­ic – I can tell you're scared
You're shak­ing in your skin
Your flesh is changing
You're turn­ing viol­et and green
And you're afraid to be seen

There's noth­ing left for us but consolation
Remnants of before

I know it hurts
The weight of fear is tax­ing on the skull
Brittle bones are the first to crack, you know?

Could we all just find it in ourselves
To hang it on the shelf
To send it straight to hell
Resistance isn't win­ning any wars
And forti­tude is all we have now

Disengage to engage
Disengage

This is the moment
This is the crux
You're gonna wanna take this and run
This is the moment
This is the one
You're gonna wanna take the plunge

Break through the shell, your hell

Let the fear go
And take control

Get up and walk out the door
You're cap­able of so much more
I wanna see you learn how to shine
Before you die
Get up, get out
I need to see you alive