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Australian-born, Stockholm-based alt.pop artist Thomas Savage, AKA Vilde, releases his new single, the tempo-shifting, intelligent and emotive Stiumuli.
Building his new album, ‘Study Dance’, piece by piece, dropping a new single each month, the ex-Kins frontman beguiles on this latest, and penultimate, effort. Glitchy electronica drums usher in a warm layering of synths, accompanied by Savage’s unique vocal style. Blindsiding pauses and tempo-shifts keep you on your toes, but relax into Vilde’s sonic creation and you’re rewarded with an invigorating combination of robotic precision and human emotional depth. Whilst taking cues from the likes of Radiohead, Wild Beasts, TV on the Radio, BØRNS and Tim Hecker, Vilde’s sound nonetheless remains resolutely his own. Termed ‘study-dance’, the atmospheric and sophisticated yet warm style resonates just as well with Shoreditch’s sweat-stained, beer-soaked Old Blue Last and Berlin’s painfully cool Berghain, two venues Vilde took in this July with Foreign/National.
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