Touting a vibrantly melodic electronic sound, No Memories in Glass is the latest album from Houston-based artist Loop One South. Merging synthwave, dream-pop, and vaporwave textures, the project employs a poignantly dystopian narrative about a corrupt mega-corporation in examining identity, techno-capitalism, and digital-era alienation.
“Welcome to Loop One South” stirs in its tonal contrasts as the album gets underway, infusing serene elements — the sound of rainfall and dreamy synth work — with a robotic, corporate-speak spoken-word presence. The synths blare with enjoyable escalation as the next track “Eco Crust” approaches, delighting in its spirited synth character — somewhere between synthwave and seapunk, tonally — as smitten vocal serenity lets out “one touch, fall in, I just can’t see the end” into glistening synth arps. The project quickly shows an ability, on the first two tracks, to shift between lush atmospherics and melodic, vocal-laden savvy.
Another standout track, “Building Tomorrow Today” beckons to “get away from the mega corp” as illuminated synths pulsate with amiable glimmering. A thematic battle between compliant mundanity and free-spirited allure coexists within a magnetically replay-inducing synth-pop charmer of a production. Elsewhere, “Sanitation Services” shows a capacity to embrace more hectic rhythmic backings as well, invigorating in its buzzy synths and danceable percussion. A dynamic and heartfelt electronic success, No Memories In Glass is a very strong full-length showcase from Loop One South.
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“Building Tomorrow Today” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
