Four-piece Belgian multi-instrumentalist project, BRNS recently dropped their latest contribution to the alternative music scene. ‘The Way Up’ is a brooding, genre-blending track which seems to perfectly epitomise the group’s musical dynamic as a whole. Centred on the idea of growing up and old, the track seems to waddle, off-kilter, into the light. An undulating electro sound is expertly overlain with a collection of percussive effects, heady baselines and haunting synthetic intrusions which fade in and out of focus.
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Eerie, indistinct falsetto vocals introduce themselves as an integral constituent of the instrumentalism of the track. While lyrics aren’t the centre of attention in the piece, the vocals provide a gorgeous melodic frequency, and allowing you to disregard their heavy repetition. Peppered with a huge variety of instrumental components, from pattering percussion to swift guitar riffs and heady 80’s-esque synths, BRNS have once again delivered an extraordinarily unusual musical platter for your perusal.
BRNS play Electrowerkz in London tonight – if you can’t make it down, check out their Facebook for other tour dates.
Words by Skye Mallac