Area Dance is a unbelievable journey by way of digital space-pop from New York-based venture Elevated Focusion, melding infectious and atmospheric productions with dynamic vocal presences that span from soulfully melodic allure to conversational depth. Keen on whirring arpeggios, propulsive rhythms, and layered synth textures, the album channels each late-night membership power and cosmic introspection, making a universe the place danceable momentum meets whimsical, space-centric lyricism. It’s a wonderful follow-up to final 12 months’s album, Darkish Nights.
A riveting entry ticket to the world of Area Dance, “Area Station Bugout” weaves soulful vocal confidence with whirring synth arps and head-nodding rhythmic immersion. The vocals alternate between expressively melodic aptitude and climactic spoken-word intrigue, with the latter obvious within the preliminary scene-setting thumping. “Now it’s time, to get wild,” the vocals then invigorate, dazzling within the layered variations between the singing and talking. The concluding “I’m buggin’ out” chorus is particularly mesmerizing, mixing the uptick in vocal depth with synthwave-friendly tonal atmospherics.
Elevated Focusion proceed to enthrall on the following “Medication and Outerspace,” whose infusions of brass alongside a fervent vocal drive proves commanding. One of many album’s most intense, dynamic efforts, “Medication and Outerspace” is propelled by an electro-minded spine and sharp vocal presence, which takes a momentary reprieve after the two-minute mark because the scorching saxophone emerges. The vocal feeling, sounding like a cross of hip-hop depth and punk vigor, melds seamlessly inside this spirited manufacturing. “Raving on That Galactic Excessive” retains driving the infectious vibe — resembling an apt soundtrack to late nights clubbing throughout the galaxy, this time with hovering vocal theatrics exuding “dance all evening” aspirations amidst effervescent synth builds.
The glistening, bustling vibrancy shifts right into a darker emotion as “I Dream of Eden” takes maintain, channeling a extra craving vocal tone whereas nonetheless exuding a charismatic, melodic enchantment. Carpe-diem thematic sentiments, with a starry-eyed hopefulness, bolster apt space-minded lyricism: “Saturn’s rings, earthlings, area love…” they set free, right into a title-bearing hook that appears like a cross of Erasure and Depeche Mode. Then arrives the album’s magnetic title observe, shifting again into the fashionable, bubbly synth-pop dreaminess, reminding fondly of Magdalena Bay in its ethereal vocal sweetness and weightless digital attract.
The standout tracks circulation persistently all through, from the spoken-word narration wonderment inside the bursting “Planetary Exploration” to the multi-layered vocal ardor of “Unfamiliar Eyes.” The latter struts a rock-touched outpouring within the upfront vocal emotion and lingering guitar distortion, displaying a wholly new aspect of the venture. Album finale “Haunting Feeling” concludes all of it with sating affect, with its truth-seeking lyricism venturing into impassioned “misplaced in area, I discover myself” catharsis; the combination of lonesome, spacey synth intrigue and blistering vocal ardour makes for an affirming send-off to this unbelievable album from Elevated Focusion.
Area Dance is out on October 18th.
