Subject to Shift

Solvent embodies the original ethos of "synth-pop": hook-laden music built lovingly out of the buzz and hum of analogue synthesizers. On Subject to Shift, the "cute, happy robots" of 2004's Apples & Synthesizers are few and far between. In their place is a mix of dystopian, acid-tinged futurism and bittersweet romantic ache. While Solvent's brightly hued synth tones are still very much in effect, their sound has grown deeper and more burnished, hinting at darker conceits and moods while laying their creator's emotions bare.