Vhsceral - Thinking Cap by Renraku published on 2018-07-27T11:50:43Z @vhscrl Artwork: @craneuhm Vhsceral’s Living on Europa EP, as its title suggests, examines the psychological effects of living on an unfamiliar and otherworldly celestial body. Its creation was directly inspired by past scientific discoveries regarding the moons of both Jupiter and Saturn and their potential ability to support life despite the possession of undeniably alien features. This EP is aimed at covering the spectrum of human emotional responses when residing on another world completely alone: disbelief, excitement, skepticism, fear, and insanity among others. “Okhoast” signifies its beginning and introduces the feelings of awe and incredulity upon arrival by contrasting blurred, ambient synths with a deep bassline and enlivened background textures. After this sensation fades, the listener is led into “Tallon IV”, track two of the EP, which represents the start of the mind’s ability to make sense of the situation. Whipping sine leads, fleeting melodies, and a pronounced focus on the bottom end of the frequency spectrum create the tension of heading directly into the unknown, but this soon gives way to greater inner confidence with track three. “Yooroh” is Vhsceral’s shift of attention to rhythmic drum and percussion patterns to portray trust in this secluded environment; however, this small victory is predestined to close with little warning. Living on Europa takes a more sinister turn with its next track, “Thinking Cap”. An uplifting introduction quickly gives way to a dark, drum-heavy segment as if to convey unsettling ambiguity concerning one’s own sense. “Huygens” enters shortly after to unearth the hidden anxiety and mania from unending social isolation, and it marks the onset of a graceless decline in mental stability. The opening of track six, “Tell Yourself”, steadily grows into existence and reaches an intense peak being modeled after the onset of madness in an increasingly foreign habitat. Internal arguments and conflicting thoughts come into play beside this song’s abrupt mood swings, and directly afterwards, “Othermnn” finishes off the release as an interpretation of a cognitive low point where rational thoughts are replaced with anything the imagination can produce. A backdrop of uncanny noises slowly accumulates into an energetic conclusion to Living on Europa that leaves its listeners with an unnerving understanding of the mind’s deterioration. Genre Electronic Comment by spavec This rhythmic motif breaks my brain 2023-01-05T11:53:20Z Comment by gater large 2021-06-13T12:50:17Z Comment by gater the sub plays two notes and yet they make all the difference 2020-06-22T23:02:06Z Comment by gater man how the fuck do you make noise move like that 2020-06-22T23:01:24Z Comment by gater kick fill 😩😩😩😩😩😩 2020-04-21T09:49:47Z Comment by gater this one is just way too good 2020-04-21T09:48:52Z Comment by Lost Robot I keep coming back to this album at a frequency high enough that I can't tell whether it's healthy 2020-03-16T20:11:14Z Comment by dxtr! still slaps harder than my ex wife 2019-11-15T23:53:03Z Comment by leet criminally underrated 2018-10-09T19:04:09Z Comment by gater this is ROWDY 2018-10-05T22:19:37Z Comment by CM0S get your dick out of my cashews 2018-07-31T07:33:06Z Comment by CM0S nuts 2018-07-31T07:32:53Z Comment by CM0S you're fucking 2018-07-31T07:32:38Z Comment by Futurist best off the album 2018-07-31T04:03:43Z Comment by BitLoud wow 2018-07-29T03:41:43Z Comment by uǝᴚ nniiccee 2018-07-28T20:27:44Z Comment by O-Prime Delta I can imagine Quasimoto riding this beat. 2018-07-28T06:32:29Z Comment by SPINE CHILLA some of that barefoot jungle shit 2018-07-28T02:53:53Z Comment by 1 lotus . ふっくら yaya 2018-07-27T22:17:06Z Comment by canti <3 2018-07-27T21:13:39Z