The L.A.-based electronica trio called
Tremble have released their much talked-about debut single,
“Illumination.” The track is expected to drop on 31 October
(Halloween). It is being published as an independent release without
the influence of the corporate music industry. Sultry, stylish, sleek
and writhing with groove, “Illumination” proves that Tremble is a
modern music project to watch closely.
The sound of “Illumination” is
shadowy, pulsing, ultra-cool and more than a little beautiful. It's
classy nightclub music, music to enjoy behind wraparound shades. It's
music to hack computers to. It's sexy music, with a subtle
undercurrent of masculine verve beneath the crystalline, silky
singing of front-woman Kelly Sweet. Tremble's female and male traits
blend rather than contrast, not unlike the electronica of Depeche
Mode or Bowie's “Earthling” collaboration with Trent Reznor.
“We are inspired by old and new,”
writes Tremble. “We particularly love the '90s trip-hop sound of
artists like Massive Attack, Portishead and bands that combine real
instruments and electronics from that era, like Garbage. We also love
electro-pop artists of today, like James Blake, and Banks.”
This live-instrument aspect is chief to
the feel of Tremble's music. Every sound is played by a musician, not
an iProgram. That's a real Fender Rhodes you're hearing. That's a
guitar with a pedal effect on it. Those are live drums. The natural
acoustics of the music coalesce in ways the most sophisticated
software can't emulate. In this way Tremble are closer to Slowdive
than they are to Sneaker Pimps.
Behind Kelly Sweet are instrumentalists
Haywire and Ajax. Each of the three are originally from Massachusetts
but have lived in Los Angeles for some time now, writing, playing and
producing both together and in numerous side projects, a number of
which have received widespread radio circulation. Each has been
playing music virtually from birth. Each is startlingly skilled in
balancing excellent performance with just the right amount of
restraint.
The result is that Tremble's songs
exhibit good taste in every respect: lyrics, creativity, execution,
studio production – name it, they got it right. Passion without
melodrama, solid beats without monotony, exceptional singing without
ostentation, “Illumination” from Tremble is music you can hear on
repeat many, many times and continue to find new perspectives from
which to thrill.
BreatheHeavy.com calls Tremble “like
quickly taking a shot of neon blue hypnotic hard liquor. In slow
motion.” Yeah. It's like that.
For fans of great songwriting, too,
Kelly Sweet's talent is refreshing in a modern era that has all but
tossed out poetry in music altogether.
“'Illumination' is about escaping
from a bad relationship,” Sweet writes. “You realize that your
partner is not whom he says he is. You have that sense of clarity,
that moment of 'illumination' where you are finally living your
truth, being free.”
Her lyrics, like her singing, are
natural and intuitive. Each phrase belongs where it is, exactly so,
and the chanteuse brings them to life with tones that are sensuous
and warm, yet delivered with a scalpel's precision that implies an
unwavering power. The music fan gets the impression Sweet could belt
out an Ave Maria that would call angels if she wanted to – but that
would be far too obvious.
Neither Sweet nor Tremble are in the
spectacle business. They're not a towering wave. They're the
undertow.
“Illumination” by Tremble is
available online worldwide 31 October 2015. Get in early, music fans.
Very early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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