Robots In Love Are Back With A Blistering New Single
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- 5 hours ago
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The return of Robots In Love comes with their unique brand of electronic rock, breeding massively cinematic atmospheres, whipping riffs, and a thriving intensity, all paired with melodic flow that comes together into a brilliantly invasive atmosphere you end up getting sucked into.
The single comes right in with this ref that's just intricate but brutal at the same time, wasting very little time getting straight to the point and hitting you hard with the closed-fisted approach. This is one of my favorite aspects of the song in general.
Just the sheer fact that they come right in with this shredding guitar riff speaks volumes for the band.
Underneath that riff is a steady-paced set of notes coming from an edgy synthesizer, adding that more vast texture and tone to the song, so right off the bat, you have a brute heaviness from the guitars and drums, and that electronic synth adds spacious elements to the song.
This is a great way to introduce the track because he hooks you.
Once the verse comes in, it's layers of synthesizers. You have an underlying sense, along with another one still playing that set of notes in a higher tone.
The deeper synth is really performing an awesome riff as well, and while that's happening, the drums are still hitting hard, but the symbols are lessened. This lets you focus a little bit more on not just the synthesizers but also the vocals as well.
The vocals are harmonizing and have a sort of elegant feel to them, while still breeding that alternative edginess that you want from a song like this.
The synthesizers grow, and you have another overlaying track that comes in doing an arpeggiated riff, and the whole thing is very full-bodied. It gives you a lot to chew on and doesn't waste a lot of time giving you all of that.
When you get to the pre-chorus and chorus of the track, you have the heavy-handed guitars, layers of synthesizers, destructive drumming, and brilliantly laid out vocals all coming together in one.
It all feels like a sonic wave of sound that comes crashing down, but it's also beautiful at the same time.
One of my favorite parts about the track is this beautiful ascending bridge that comes in, and the vocals do a great melody for that one, too. This track is just full of vocal hooks left and right. I don't think that the singer can help it. She just comes up with these outstandingly memorable melodies and performs them with a bit of soul.
Again, there is loads of edginess here. This is an alternative rock and metal track riddled with electronic synthesizers, but the whole thing is built and arranged so well.
This is part of why it has such an impact.
It gives you the best of both worlds. It gives you melody, flow, elegance, spaciousness, cinematic backbone, and blistering heavy guitar work all in one.
So you have so much coming at you that at times, it's almost overwhelming.
Throughout all of this, once again, you're stuck on those hooks.
There are a lot of aspects about this track that sort of stay with you long after the song has ended.
The band is known for blending their rock and electronic elements in a unique fashion and breeding that filmic soundscape, with depth and amazing sets of layers.
This track, however, is a bit of a new level for them.
I love hearing bands like this evolve because it's brilliant.
The song absolutely thrashes, but has the digital tones laced throughout it at the same time.
There's not a moment that goes by without synthesizers. They're always holding on to that electronic aspect, and I think it's smart because that's the root of their songwriting, in a sense.
Perhaps part of this is the joining of their new guitarist, Henry Flynn Wall.
This is obviously a guy who knows his refs. He portrays such intensity and raw energy through the instrument and performs with absolute precision as well.
Eleanor Rayner always gives you those hooks and does so with a very robust approach that still somehow feels smooth, and Alex Burchell is destructive on the drum kit.
Between the three of them, they've really tapped into something beyond special.
As far as I can tell, all of them produced the track together, but this is one of the things I wanted to find out.
After listening to this track and watching the video, by the way. The music video is outstanding.
The video showcases some live action, so you get that band presence, but it also showcases some of the science fiction and a futuristic element, bringing back that cinematic feel even more, but this time visually.
The song is called "Convergence".
So, after listening to the track and watching the video, I wanted to ask them some questions.
It was important to me that I find out where this all came from.
This is not the first time I've heard their stuff, and it's outstanding to hear them reach this pinnacle of production and songwriting.
So, while you listen to the track, have a read-through of our interview with Robots In Love.
Hey and welcome back!! The new single Convergence is a massive display of heaviness and electronic undertone!
ELENOR: Thanks! We are very happy with it. It’s the first single from our upcoming second album, OVERRIDE
Where did this track come from and what is it about?
ALEX: Musically, this track was written pretty late in the writing stages of the album. It felt like we were missing a faster energetic track like this, so I put together a bunch of MIDI drum loops with a rough idea of the BPM, and handed them over to Henry. He went away and wrote a a large portion of the core riffs and brought them back, at which point we started arranging the song as a group, adding a few sections and more of the synth layers.
ELENOR: Lyrically, the song explores the concept of individuality within relationships. How much of yourself do you keep to yourself, and how much do you converge? And then I watched Pluribus and the whole concept expanded into the cosmos!
Do you guys record at a home DAW or a big studio?
ALEX: We all work at home in separate DAWs, which leads to a lot of USB sticks being passed around, and a lot of internet transfers. When we’re writing and recording the songs, we work more like a production team than a traditional band, which is pretty cool. Speaking especially from my position as a drummer, it gives me more of a chance to take a step back and figure out what the track really needs, as opposed to going crazy with the parts just because it’s fun. It also gives all of us more of a chance to contribute to everything, whether that’s riffs, synth parts, or orchestration.
Do you produce your own material, or do you work with any outside producers?
ALEX: We’re entirely self-contained, which is really cool. Everything’s produced, recorded, mixed and mastered in-house. It could be quite cool to work with an outside producer at some point, although from my perspective it would have to be someone with a specific sound we wanted to incorporate.
ELENOR: We also produce remixes for other artists.
Are you doing any live shows?
ELENOR: We’re currently on tour in Australia. We really enjoy the energy of playing live. After that we will be heading into the studio to finalise the second album.
Do you normally write lyrics after the instrumental is complete? How do you write your songs?
ALEX: It depends a bit on the song, but the instrumental idea usually comes first; anything from a full song-length arrangement to a short 30 second snippet. Our writing and demoing process on this album has been a bit different from Activate, where a lot of the songs had been around for quite a while, and were mostly songs that Elenor had started, whereas with this album everyone’s brought various demos to the table.
Did you guys put together the full video yourselves? Where did that idea come from?
ELENOR: Yes, we put the video together ourselves. A friend, Stephen Hillman, films all our videos and I edit them. My original idea was to walk amongst the rocks on the beach and find mysterious bits of audio equipment, then Stephen had the idea of us carrying a globe, to give it more gravitas.
Did it come out how you expected?
ELENOR: Yes. We’re very happy with it, and it’s getting thousands of views on YouTube so we’re stoked that other people like it too.
You guys have been doing this for some time and doing it well! What kind of advice would you have for upcoming artists out there trying to get heard?
ELENOR: Thank you. With our second album we really feel like we have nailed our signature sound, which is combining metal, electronic, symphonic and industrial, and having that core sound has enabled us to experiment even more into various genres and influences.Convergence has been called “… a significant contribution to contemporary music.” (Edgar Allen Poets). That seems impressive. So far no-one has found another band that we “sound like” and we think that’s a great place to be. So I would recommend developing your distinct sound. Finding musicians who inspire you is the key to an incredible experience, but just having fun is equally as valid.
ALEX: Find the sound that you love working with, and do it because you love it. There’s so much new music that’s being released every single day that in order to stand out you have to have something unique and special. It doesn’t matter what genre you’re working with, or what you’re writing your songs about - people can tell when something’s forced, and when it’s authentic. Make the art you want to make, and the people who it resonates with will find it.
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