Tyler Burgee, from Maryland, is a young man with a huge amount of talent, creating his own version of dark alt rock, crossed with trap. His EP, Leave The Line was an independent release in July, consisting of three tracks.

You can taste the darkwave rolling off the first track and single “Four Fools“, between the programmed drum machine and the understated guitar, that echoes in this shadow place. Burgee’s vocals then add to the swirling, almost shoegaze feel. Yearning for that which has passed or can never be, seems to be the theme of “First A wall, Then A Maze“. There is an all consuming melancholy imbuing this track, with the single finger key playing and strumming guitar. “Something I Did” has a heavy guitar dancing between vocals. The vocals almost sound garbled or distorted on purpose, giving them an eerie quality, like something is not right with the status quo.

Darkwave elements mixed with the more modern emo aesthetic, and flirting with shoegaze is how I might describe the EP. Tyler Burgee has a sound that is evolving with each track and you can hear the experimentation in Leave The Line.

Leave the Line | Tyler Burgee (bandcamp.com)

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