‘Phase’ is the latest single to be taken from Leeds-based producer Krrum’s debut album, Honeymoon. The track is a fantastic slice of moody yet danceable electronica with hints of experimentation throughout.
It opens with a dark and atmospheric synth bass, followed by swirling and tumultuous white noise, you know it’s building up to something big, and just when you reach the peak of your euphoria… cowbells. Oh lord the cowbells. Everyone loves cowbells. This track has multiple cowbells. Therefore, we instantly fell in love.
Cowbell bias notwithstanding, ‘Phase’ is an incredible journey into the world of NIN-style electronics complimented by dense sound design that fill all the right gaps in this lush synthetic arrangement. The aggressive bass pulses and grooves in the verses, contrasting the blissful vocal work before it all opens into an anthemic, pop-like chorus. Key changes in songs can be truly horrid, but the key change from the verse to the chorus here is expertly done, and Krumm deserves applause for this bold, stylistic choice.
What makes this track so great is that it features so many elements of experimentation, like the amazing, almost dissonant chopped horn samples, or doubling the lead vocal in one section with a scratchy, distorted guitar. The resulting song is a wonderful hybrid of melancholy and elation, subverting your expectations at every turn without reverting to overused musical clichés. Oh, also it has cowbells. Did we mention that already?
Krrum’s debut album Honeymoon is released on June 15th via 37 Adventures/+1 Records. In the meantime, listen to 'Phase' below.
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