Einsam questions reality in his existential electro-post-punk track ‘At Eye Level’.
“Like looking into a well of night-time rumination's, ‘At Eye Level’ cleverly plays around with our ideas of the self and the nature of existence in the age of information-overload. ”
Einsam questions reality in his existential electro-post-punk track ‘At Eye Level’.
For the past four years, Bristol-born producer and songwriter Sam Jackson has been living and working in Vienna. The name of his solo project, Einsam – meaning solitary – is a tribute to Sam’s feeling of displacement and solipsism, and strives to explore the self though the medium of music. Having released three introductory single, Einsam is ready to launch his debut EP, Samantics, which will take an even deeper dive into themes of solitude, anxiety and existence.
Opening with pulsating electronics and plucky bass guitar, ‘At Eye Level’ launches into an existential journey of self-questioning. Propelled by a frantic heart-beat-like rhythm the searching lyrics circle around a central refrain – “How do I look? How do I see?” – embodying an anxious eloquence that is reminiscent of Talking Heads’ seminal hit ‘Once In A Life Time’. Growing progressively darker, the second half of the track enters an electronics-meets-post-punk territory, culminating in a frenzied crescendo of dusky distortion.
Like looking into a well of night-time rumination's, ‘At Eye Level’ cleverly plays around with our ideas of the self and the nature of existence in the age of information-overload.
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Review Written By Liza Kupreeva
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