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Spyndycyt Gilds Existential Despair with Synth Pop Grace in ‘We Are All So Glad To Be Alive’

Posted on 10 May 2025

We Are All So Glad To Be Alive by Spyndycyt renders celestial light into philosophically avant-garde synth pop gospel. Though the familiar eccentric histrionics of Spyndycyt’s vocals carry the lyrics that make a mockery of Nietzsche’s nihilistic quest to find meaning in meaninglessness, We Are All So Glad To Be Alive is a rapturous departure from Spyndycyt’s former alt-electronic pop releases.

With polyphonic synth pop progressions which baptise you in the warmth of embracing how there’s beauty in the suffering and life, in its imperfect form, is deserving of gratitude, the revelation within the release will help anyone push forward with maximum momentum. The next time you’re tempted to attend a self-pity party, just hit play instead.

The Boston-based conceptualist and sonic architect behind Spyndycyt has never cared to conform to genre or emotion in any traditional sense. Where most artists build hooks, Sam constructs labyrinths of introspection; think of the track as a field guide to surviving the psychological quicksand that comes from dancing with your lizard brain. That primal, snarling voice hissing doubts and self-flagellations is outed here, then diffused with a holy fusion of synth grandeur and unfiltered spiritual reckoning.

Each verse reaches for transcendence while acknowledging the ugly, bloody scuffle it takes just to stay upright. But here, existing is framed as a sacred act, and each harmony is a hymn to the fragile ecstasy of carrying on.

We Are All So Glad To Be Alive is now available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Spyndycyt’s ‘The Shadows Come to Steal My Plans’: A Melancholic Waltz with Mortality

Posted on 28 January 2025

In The Shadows Come to Steal My Plans, the music industry’s best-kept secret, Spyndycyt, orchestrated an existential opus that blurs the lines between Avant-Garde orchestration, folk sensibilities, and synth-pop eccentricity. While the track’s artful embellishments and idiosyncratic textures initially catch the ear, it’s the deeply philosophical lyricism that truly holds the weight. With unflinching introspection, Spyndycyt digs deep into the inevitability of mortality, using the ageing skin on the backs of his hands as a metaphor for the relentlessness of time.

The single’s stripped-down composition allows the driving beat—a metronomic representation of life’s ceaseless passage—to anchor the arrangement. Even when the beat is momentarily masked by ornate synth textures or folky flourishes, it always returns, echoing how we distract ourselves from the inevitable but never escape its shadow. As the folky motifs fade, the track crescendos into alternative synth-pop absurdity, conjuring a sense of surrealist vulnerability.

Lyrically, Spyndycyt paints a dimly lit portrait of reflection, where regrets, fleeting victories, and the inconsequential nature of ambition intertwine. Lines like “I don’t want you to hit me on the shoulder and let me know when it’s time to go; I already know” unravel with devastating poignancy, capturing the universal tension between acceptance and resistance.

With The Shadow Comes to Steal My Plans, Spyndycyt doesn’t just invite listeners into his richly ornamented introspection—he forces them to confront the stark reality of their own fleeting existence, all while making the experience sonically spellbinding.

Stream the Shadow Comes to Steal My Plans on SoundCloud now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Spyndycyt existentially unravelled over a four-to-the-floor Avant-Garde beat in ‘I Don’t Wanna Do This Anymore’

Posted on 12 October 2024

Spyndycyt’s latest single, ‘I Don’t Wanna Do This Anymore,’ amps up the sonic signature scribed through his prior releases, giving the electrifying track a pulse of EBM while keeping true to his erratically eccentric vocal style as he unravels over a narrative of existentialism and frayed with chaos strobing synth lines.

As quirky and kinetically rhythmic as Neuroticfish and The Gothsicles, as experimental as, well, it’s pretty hard to draw a comparison in that domain, this latest single from Spyndycyt proves how succinctly he can command a four-to-the-floor beat that injects symphonic elements of the 90s rave scene.

It’s a broadsiding tour de force that is undoubtedly as effective at altering your brain chemistry as electroshock therapy. Bite down on this exploration of mistrust, betrayal, and the crushing, ever-growing suspicion that all your deepest and unspoken fears are true.

Contrasting the dark thematic undercurrents of being a terminal disappointment, the solo artist ensures that I Don’t Wanna Do This Anymore oscillates through euphorically rhythmic hedonism to sugar the pill you will want to swallow time and time again.

I Don’t Wanna Do This Anymore is now available to stream on SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Spyndycyt took synth-pop to visceral new heights with his introspection-fuelled hit, Change Me from the Inside

Posted on 29 July 2024

The electronica avant-gardist, Spyndycyt, has struck again with the release of his sophomore synth-pop single, Change Me from the Inside. If Frank Zappa had lived long enough to experiment with 8-bit-adjacent production, he would have undoubtedly orchestrated something as ludicrously electrifying as this infectiously unhinged anthem, which almost registers as a lament from a painfully self-aware transhuman organism 100 years in the future.

Change Me from the Inside reverberates with all-too-relatable electro-pop insanity, echoing New Order in its kinetic rhythms which pulsate through the chaos stirred by synthesising a raw emotional undercurrent into tides of merciless electronica which shimmer into distortion with every crescendo.

Each beat and melody reflect a different facet of self-discovery and confrontation from an artist who fearlessly never filters his expression to become an advocate of introspective candour and to perfectly encapsulate his message that lifting the veil on your own psyche is never a comfortable process.

The spontaneously materialised lyrics efficaciously testify to how wrestling with your own autonomy will leave you battle scared; the teeth of self-remonstration and loathing will always sink in, yet, chances are you’ll also meet your own indomitable spirit and come out stronger after the encounter.

Change Me From the Inside was officially released on July 21; stream the single on SoundCloud now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Spyndycyt entered the industry as a zany indie pop enigma with ‘MysteryBoy’.

Posted on 20 June 2024

Spyndycyt’s seminal single, ‘MysteryBoy‘, kicks off with a short sermonic acapella narration of abstract lyrical poetry before the beat and scintillatingly strobing synths consume the track in true electro-pop style.

Yet, ‘MysteryBoy’ is far from your average pop fare. It fuses Jack White-esque aesthetics with Suicide-reminiscent indietronica and an eccentricity scarcely heard in the contemporary music industry. If Lou Reed lost all sense of restraint and approached his sound with unadulterated expression, you’d undoubtedly be treated to an exhilarant zany hit in the same vein as ‘MysteryBoy’.

Even after this soul-baring release, Spyndycyt remains somewhat of an enigma behind his avant-garde production that’s rampant with infectious zeal. His approach to music is intriguingly unconventional, but don’t get it twisted, though he may blaze through his productions driven by fantasies that far exceed his abilities, the result is a mould-breaking riot of rhythmically-charged euphoria.

His raw, almost naive touch, brings a unique authenticity to his work that seekers of fresh and boundary-pushing hits will want to devour. Break away from the mundane and predictable and hit play.

MysteryBoy was officially released on June 12th; stream the single on SoundCloud now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast