Electozombies - Profound, filthy, intense: that's the sound of Brittany Bindrim's "Ever So Slowly"

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The driving intro to ‘Ever So Slowly’ by Brittany Bindrim initially sounds like the starting gun for a dynamic synth pop fireworks display – but after the first few beats, I realise that the song is deliberately playing with my expectations. What sounds like the prelude to a dance track surprisingly sticks to a slow beat, almost like a ballad. For me, the depth of this slow burner only really unfolds after several listens.

Bindrim opens her album ‘Counterpoison’ with ‘Ever So Slowly’ and takes a bold step: instead of working with catchy hooks from the outset, she relies on a dirty, intense tonality that is very much in the spirit of Depeche Mode's ‘Barrel Of A Gun’ (Ultra). The sounds are multi-layered and invite me to savour every detail – from the powerful bassline to the deep synths that create a dark, almost oppressive atmosphere.

Thematically, the lyrics remain allegorical, breaking with religious symbols and dark verses that evoke a sense of decay and loss of control. Lines like "Destroying temples and helpless souls / And you sing “holy, holy!”" create, in my opinion, an oppressively honest reference to social shifts, which Bindrim processes lyrically in a powerful and unconventional way.