Song Of The Day #199 // Visions Of Trees: 'Sometimes it Kills (DT Remix)'

London based synthwave-pop duo Visions of Trees were one of the first bands to grace this feature coincidentally 365 days ago, and just shy of the double-century landmark the pair yesterday released single ‘Sometimes It Kills’ – their debut discharge as recent signings to Moshi Moshi. VoT are respectively known as Joni Juden and Sara Atalar (the former is male contrary to popular belief), and the pair have been quoted in saying “we want to create our own universe and our own wilderness, something bit other-worldly that has been sculpted by the city”

Cue DT who are a five-piece band that elucidate their sound as a blend of dub-pop, punk, metal, rock and hip hop which is “groin-grabbingly transcendental”. They heeded the aforementioned musical mantra from VoT and stripped bare the chilled distortion of the original to create a reworking that saunters from 808 subbass to the ceaseless siren slaughter which (unfortunately) lasts just over four minutes.

Atalar’s echoic chopped vocals reverberate effortlessly in the chasm of the Big Smoke’s melting pot layering over an undulating percussive stem via the Tabla; warped synthlines take a leisurely canter from left to right; and the Middle-eastern influence of the Ney provides a progressive second wind as the track nears its close.

Visions Of Trees: ‘Sometimes it Kills (DT Remix)’

Sometimes it Kills/No Flag by Visions of Trees is out now on Moshi Moshi.