Seelennacht – Grey Apartment Show

Catchy synth pop instead of gothic pathos

I'm really into Seelennacht at the moment, because the pro­ject has been cre­at­ing sig­ni­fic­antly more catchy synth pop songs lately and, thank­fully, does so without any goth­ic pathos. ‘Grey Apartment Show’ is a prime example of this breath of fresh air from Germany. The song is instantly catchy and dance­able, with the chor­us in par­tic­u­lar easy to sing along to after just a few repeats.

While the artist sings about isol­a­tion between grey con­crete walls and escape through ‘Soma’, the music­al imple­ment­a­tion is any­thing but oppress­ive. The instru­ment­a­tion is also inter­est­ing here: I don't miss the delib­er­ate absence of met­al-like elec­tric gui­tars, which used to fea­ture in Seelennacht's his­tory. On the con­trary, this sound suits the song per­fectly and leaves more room for the melod­ic vocals and the ‘restart on dream­ing’. My ver­dict is there­fore clear: this is excel­lent and please keep it up.

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Lyrics of "Seelennacht – Grey Apartment Show"

Grey apart­ment show
On your mind
You need to take your Soma
Find your lie

And every sense, I know
Is hard to find
But over clouds, you know
There's always light

You gave up on dreaming
And you're liv­ing no more
All what you feel
Is grey apart­ment show

You're tak­ing your Soma
And you're liv­ing a lie
Restart on dreaming
It will be alright

Sun apart­ment show
In the dark
But even then I know
You're fak­ing your laugh

Listening to I don't know
You're listen­ing to the stereo
The pride to which I encour­age you
I'm preach­ing on my own
On my own, my own, my own, my own

Don't stare with your eyes so cold
Don't stare with your eyes
You look at the rain, I know
It'll be alright

Someday you dream again
And say good­bye to harm
Someday you live again
And say good­bye to harm