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Areeyedee’s latest single Insomnia is a waking industrial trap pop nightmare

Posted on 1 January 2024

With a sound as dark as the mise en scene from The Machinist, Areeyedee’s industrial trap pop single, Insomnia, conjures the disjointing and reality-warping nature of the depression symptom which creates 48-hour days where we’re left to replay twisted thoughts on a loop.

By capturing the nature of the beast and refusing to downplay the psychological downfall of the rabbit holes insomnia can take us down, the Kansas-born and raised, Darmstadt, Germany-based artist created a razor-sharp cutting exposition of mental disquietude in his lyrics and his aptly maniacal vocal delivery. With every line, he washes away the stigma while the branding of his sonic signature glows red hot through the release.

After fronting a rock band in the ’90s and landing the role of a hip-hop artist in a feature film, which made him fall in love with the genre, Areeyedee effortlessly melds the alternative with urban aesthetics in his discography, which includes tracks created with the multi-platinum producer, Freek Van Workum (21 Savage, Tech N9ne).

Insomnia will drop on January 1st; stream the single on SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Via Lena finally secures that much-needed sleep on her sensational statement track ‘Insomnia’

Posted on 28 July 2022

Waiting for that rest fix to come when she needed it most, Via Lena drinks when she doesn’t want to and feels like she is sinking rather deeply into a bath of doom that is drowning her on her sonically speaker-shaking new single, ‘Insomnia‘.

Via Lena is a Holtsville, New York-born indie alternative artist who performs with that desirable edge and makes songs that will be entrenched into your mind for hours.

”From the crib to adulthood, Via Lena has been infused with music. It started from her mother playing guitar and singing to her as a baby, to piano lessons as a child and chorus throughout middle school.” ~ via her ReverbNation page

Delighting all listeners with a brave display against the odds, Via Lena eloquently shows us deep inside her life and reflects wholeheartedly on what has been bringing her down recently. Showing us her classy ways and smartly constructed creation, this is a lovely release that so many of us shall relate to.

‘Insomnia‘ from Holtsville, New York-born indie alternative artist Via Lena is one of the most ear-piercing singles you might turn on all day. Showing us her massive potential and delightful vocals, this is a special song written from the heart by someone who has lived through the pain. Each note shall jolt you awake and get you into the mood to take that well-earned rest in a cruel world that can take you underground if you let the sewage take you away forever.

Getting that sleep when you need it is the key to life that is so underappreciated.

Hear this deep new track on Spotify and see more news on her IG page.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

‘Insomnia’ is the debut space-rockin’ jam from Orlando planet wanderers Saucers Over Washington

Posted on 1 October 2020

‘Insomnia‘ is the spectacular new space-rockin’ jam from the Orlando planet wanderers named Saucers Over Washington.

A new side project of Grizzly Atoms songwriter, Nik Sidella, this is quite the breath-taking song. A powerful riff, the production on point, with a UFO-inspired theme that is a bit spooky, and fills your heart with inspiration to rock through the storms that await us.

Saucers Over Washington take their unique name from the now famous UFO flap that occurred in the Washington D.C. area in July 1952, their brand of shoegaze and noise rock is a joy to hear, you get lost in their music and this should be a definite playlist-adder to remember that great music is still around. It might be a bit harder to find but you can find it in abundance.

The idea for the Saucers Over Washington band name was originally conceived as an underlying concept for an album—namely a way to connect the paranormal with shoegaze music—that eventually took on a grander form as a blueprint for a new band and a new approach to both making music and connecting to an audience. This new direction is fantastic and shows how new forms of music will always appear organically. Always a better taste than music with no soul.

Lyrically, ‘Insomnia‘ explores the lead singer’s struggle with the debilitating fog of insomnia brought on by a history of horrific night terrors in childhood and the accompanying frustration of feeling like one has lost control of their own body and mind. The single is the first of two that will be released and eventually featured on a split EP with The Grizzly Atoms to be released later on in 2020.

With lots on the go, a new direction and a hunger to evolve, ‘Insomnia‘ from Saucers Over Washington is up there with the most creative music of the year.

Head through here to the Spotify link.

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Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen