You’d be forgiven for considering that Sisters of Mercy had a brand new sibling after the emergence of Lies—the darkwave earworm by Tequila Wave that additionally teases Pleasure Division-esque guitar strains into the manufacturing, the place the synths sink percussive gravity into the monitor as a lot because the beats. Because the moody vox reverberate shadows by way of the combination, the danceable kinetic power lends an air of transcendence; an invite to drag away from the burden of your weary soul and sink rhythmic catharsis into your veins. Tequila Wave could not have reinvented the darkwave post-punk wheel with Lies, however why wreck an already good method when you’ll be able to inject recent lifeblood into it?
Channelling discontent and transformation into each brooding observe, the Mexican artist Jorge Luis Niño proves that Tequila Wave is excess of an alias—it’s an emotional vessel. With a sound rooted in goth, post-punk, and darkwave, however by no means restricted by them, the artist’s bilingual strategy and unfiltered self-expression attain far past the floor. The themes aren’t theatrically dressed up—they’re unvarnished truths, stitched into pulsating synths and shivering riffs that maintain sufficient weight to hold listeners by way of their very own inside reckonings.
The place earlier releases like Take Away the Masks peeled layers again with surgical precision, and Café provided a deeper have a look at his cultural id, Lies digs into the emotional marrow. It’s much less of a music, extra of a séance.
Lies is now accessible to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast.
