Skar de Line - The Screen
Skar de Line releases a gripping cinematic electro rock ballad, 'The Screen'. The London based, Swedish artist ruthlessly blends rock and electronic to tell a haunting, compelling tale of loneliness & obsession as it relates to our ever-growing addictive, dysfunctional bond with our digital devices. Listeners of hard-hitting prog rock groups such as Korn, Deftones, Nine Inch Nails & Tool will connect deeply to Skar's unique sound. 'The Screen' opens with ominous, buzzing synths, instantly evoking dread. Kind of like the feeling that you get when you know you should put your screen away but you can't take your eyes off its paralyzing effect. The opening builds into a dark, industrial soundscape, amplifying the tension. His weary, gravelly voice enters, delivering a heavy, damning, but wholly relatable confession. He sings, “I can’t shake the illusion that there’s something more in this world, something out there that I don’t deserve,” expressing the anguish of being trapped in self-sabotaging ways of digital consumption, leading to a desperate unraveling. His voice grows more despairing as we crescendo towards an explosive, dub-infused chorus breakdown, reminding of Korn's nu metal x dub album, 'The Paradigm Shift'. Its heavy, dark, futuristic and downright awesome. Even Skar's vocal tone is similar to that of the one and only, Jonathan Davis. Layers of enveloping synths crash and envelop into each other, as he sings, "Always there, in my head," a scary reflection on how our screen time is slowly taking us over completely, wiping out the human parts of us, as it were. 'The Screen' pairs with a surrealistic music video, shot on deserted city streets, with Skar, all in black, being led down a dark path by the device that he's now hooked to. Straight up, this sounds and feels like something out of a Sci-fi thriller movie like Tron: Ares. If ever there was a track that conveys just how far we've fallen as a collective, losing our literal minds to chase instant gratification from these tiny, lit screens, its this one. Sit up and take notice. Maybe put that screen away.
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