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Thursday, October 13, 2022

TVOD and the alt punk artful amped up anxiety of 'Alien'

 










"and when I dream I think I'm somebody else, somebody with better mental health..."


There is such a hammering nature on 'Alien' by Brooklyn-based (self described) experimental disco-punk outfit TVOD ((Television Overdose) that brilliantly feels off kilter from the get go. The slamming rock down beats followed by double time notes that (without the benefit of my guitar) feel like D to F# (maybe) eventually descending down the neck (maybe C to B). The persistent sharp note not only feels cool but unsettling like a child pounding on piano keys. The exquisite bass and drum tones, a droning synth and singer-songwriter Tyler Wright's strident vocal countenance painted with aloof pain / angst can feel as maniacal as it does hypnotic (in maybe a numbing way). 

Listening repeated and as the song artistically layers up and strips down, I feel an over-riding edginess with the ramping up heaviness. I thought of the stress of everyday life, of too much information and how it might unwire anyone who has any kind of empathetic blood running through their veins. I love the vocal support given by bassist Elizabeth Wakefield  as the overarching layers that disturb and wrap around the sound like encroaching mental anxiety. 

All of this wonderfully rendered by Michael Karson Pahl on drums,  Jenna Mark on Keys, Jason Wornoff on guitar, Serge Zbritzher on guitar and the aforementioned Tyler Wright on lead vocals with Elizabeth Wakefield on vocals/ bass makes my head appropriately spin and it makes me flash on (for some reason) the divergent sounds of one of Mike Patton's incarnations. 

Very cool and intriguing indeed. 


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