Galactic Melt

Synth-heavy and slow-motion in a way that makes the 80s reference feel like sediment rather than costume — the sounds are deliberately degraded and the rhythms lean back further than they should. 'Ether Drift' and 'VHS Sex' both have this quality where they feel simultaneously nostalgic and slightly alien, which is harder to pull off than it sounds. Dropped when chillwave was cresting but Com Truise had a more mechanical and melancholy sensibility that distinguished it from the sunnier end of that moment.

Filed undersynthchillwaveretro-futurismdowntempo