Excelling in both rock-forward passion and subdued contemplations, Destined to Fail is the new EP from Violet Love, the project of Michigan-based artist Autumn Granados. The release consumes in its exploration of personal trauma. “I’ve spent the last year of my life trying to be brutally honest with myself about absolutely everything, even when it hurt,” Granados explains. “And it has led me to where I am today, feeling like we are all Destined to Fail.”
“Serpent” opens the EP in grippingly immersive form. “I’m waiting for someone to help, to save me from all of this hell,” Granados’ emotive vocals let out amidst trickling guitars and steady rhythmic pulses. “There’s no reason I shouldn’t be well,” the heart-on-sleeve invigoration continues, intensifying in its childhood bedroom-set melancholy as the vocals enthrall alongside the gliding guitar and glitchy electronic effects; it makes for an excellent kick-off to this memorable EP.
The ensuing “Apple” comes with further admissions — “I keep your bones in my closet, so I can never forget” — within a similarly captivating spaciousness, with the twanging guitars and upfront vocal layering; shades of Placebo show in the aesthetic. “Apple” then expands into a fervent rock vigor, as the vocals admit there being “nothing for me.” Brisk guitar raucousness and clamoring percussion combine for a replay-inducing blast of ardent energy. EP finale “Artist” also excels in its dynamic structural navigation, as dreamy guitar trickles and lyrical self-realizations progress into a cathartic hard-rocking power. Destined to Fail is a thoroughly engaging success of an EP from Violet Love.
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