Portland…..tis the area rich in musicians, and I am starting to think they need to put up a warning sign, ‘Beware of Darkwave Hazards and Dancing‘. And so, we have relatively new group Human Hollow, made up of members Austin McKee and Lucia Luna since 2024. The independent duo have a new single called “Playing Dead.”
Called by the siren Luna, lured into the danse macabre, towards the tale of an abusive relationship, where the other person is living rent free and she is unable to break free. The multitrack layering gives you the illusion of multiple angels in unison and there is this harsh edge to the track, that could almost cut the skin. McKee can be heard near the end, like a final toll to the inevitable end of a survivor.
Human Hollow are leaning into a more industrial sound. They use a lot of old tech analogue synths in the form of MiniMoog Voyager and Korg MiniKorg, while their drum machine in an Akai SR19. This lends itself to a meatier sound and the fact they have said they a sampling noises like bashing metal things makes this all so much more cooler. Human Hollow might be singing about “Playing Dead,” but they are absolutely electric.
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