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Drifter94

by Senso

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1.
Fading 04:13
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Why don’t I see this journey clearer than it appears to me right now The only thing I see through is my own attempts to let myself down Why don’t I just stay focused on what I really want to do right now I’m trying harder and harder but all around me there’s just white noise I just want to push the world away from me And let it float away I just want to get my things and leave this place Maybe another day I feel I’m slowly fading into nothing My head is spinning ‘round but I can’t stop it I feel I’m slowly fading into nothing I have to let it go, I should take it slow, got to let it go My thoughts they melt together, have to chop them I have to let it go, I should take it slow, got to let it go I only read this book out of stubbornness while I climb this mountain of nothingness I feel the air I’m breathing is thicker and way heavier these days The only light that shines outside is a blue glare from a hotel neon sign My days they melt together - I feel that life is pulling me backwards But I’m not calling anyone ‘cause there’s no one at the end of the line I just want to push the world away from me And let it float away I just want to get my things and leave this place Maybe another day I feel I’m slowly fading into nothing My head is spinning ‘round but I can’t stop it I feel I’m slowly fading into nothing I have to let it go, I should take it slow, got to let it go My thoughts they melt together, I have to chop them I have to let it go, I should take it slow, got to let it go I only read this book out of stubbornness while I climb this mountain of nothingness I won’t be waiting for no SMS, as patience ain’t something I possess
2.
Always On My iPhone 02:42
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No matter where I go, I’m always on my iPhone It tracks me all the time, even when I’m at home Lights flickering, echo in your mind Get busy or move on to the side No matter where I go, I’m always on my iPhone Bright screen is shining up on me The white cable by my bedside Face illuminated in my room ‘Cause everyday I’ve got to see the light I do exactly what I wanna do No one tells me where to go or stay I peel skin layers off my thumbs ‘Cause all day I’ve been swiping, swiping, swiping, swiping No matter where I go... Every second something bad occurs Every moment someone celebrate Quick glance, looking fresh at first But they really want to make me stay I do exactly what I wanna do No one tells me where to go or stay I peel skin layers off my thumbs ‘Cause all day I’ve been swiping, swiping, swiping, swiping No matter where I go...
3.
Run 04:36
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Does it need a name? Do you need to put a name on it? Put a price tag on it, spin it around and chew it Wrap it up tight and sell it Soaking up your blood because you only got one shot to hit the spot and get your royalty Loyal to their royalty I don’t want to run anymore I’m not gonna push it like before ‘Cause I ain’t got no strategy if it runs away with me Checked up on reality - is this who I want to be? Hold on wait one minute Do you recognize yourself in all of this? You used to live and breathe it, passionate and dreaming What did you do to achieve it? Sharpen all your knives and cut the fruits when they are ripe or they’ll be falling to the ground I want to bail out of this shit and just jack it up I don’t want to run anymore I’m not gonna push it like before ‘Cause I ain’t got no strategy if it runs away with me Checked up on reality - is this who I want to be? I don’t know where I’ll go
4.
Remedy 04:17
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Video for 'Fading':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTP_lc1LRIA

Senso, fronted by Danish singer Jens Konrad, is an avant-pop maelstrom of dark emotion and satirical humour. Combining earworm melody jacked fresh from 1985, tracked alongside elements from grandiose rock, trap bombast, kawaii breakbeats and contemporary electronics. Utterly unique, think Tears for Fears fronting a new sad boi vibe all too concerned with the current socio-political jigsaw puzzle. Nobody wants to rule the world.

Senso’s crew is composed of a who’s that of the ever mutating Danish scene. Singer Jens Konrad is 50% of Lyra Valenza, and owner of the Danish electronic label Petrola 80. The EP is produced together with Danish producer Frederik Møller, and the band includes Albert Hertz from theatrical rock ensemble Josiah Konder, Mads Uldum of kraut-rock band Lød and Sofie Westh from post-punk group Deadpan.

Each track of “Drifter94’” approaches modern pop from its own angle and with its own amalgamated approach of lyric and music. Opener “Fading” is an urban ghost-story of disappearance amidst the psychic, audial and social pollution of now. Lead by electric piano stabbing against a hair blown back drop of glimmering electric guitars and cavernous reverberance. A perfect set up of spaciousness for ‘Always on my iPhone’ to rush into with its pernicious breakbeat science and high speed anthem of a track about the “white cable by the bedside”. Ironically praising and defying the tracking devices we live with 24/7.

The B-side of the record unfurls itself with luxuriant dubiness of “Run”. The stadium rock aesthetics pushed right up against pristine trap production and a velveteen gothic edge. Jens Konrad exclaiming “I don’t want to run anymore… I ain't got no strategy”. The apathy unbalanced by a growing mirage of distant guitar soloing smothering the triplet hats in submission. Closing track ‘Remedy’ takes from all the previous pieces, lending also from the complexity found in Lyra Valenzas work. It’s sky-reaching arrangements bring to mind the great skill Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis possessed to make such small, sometimes fleeting moments expand into universes of their own. More presently electronic sounding than the remainder of the EP, ‘Remedy’ offers some light at the end of an EP which is constantly toying with the dynamics of emotion and audio.

“Drifter94” will be out May 14th digitally through Petrola 80 and on cassette tape via British label Opal Tapes.

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released May 14, 2021

Vocals, lyrics, production: Jens Konrad
Production: Frederik Møller
Mastering: Joel Krozer @ Six Bit Deep
Cover painting: Sebastian Ploug Christensen
Type font: Laurits Hanak

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