Monsters
by Empathy Test
Fredschuit
Fredschuit
Bandcamp is my favorite app. Without Bandcamp I would missed out on a lot of great music like Empathy Test! A wonderful album. Occasionally bombastic with nice synths and the voice of Isaac Howlett on top. Well done guys💪🏽
Favorite track: Incubation Song (Album Version).
Alexx Dimeler
Alexx Dimeler
"Fear Of Disappearing" for me lives at the intersection of real depression and an existential crisis. Yet it is sung with such warmth of a friend trying to talk his friend down from a digital ledge. I saw this song performed live at Dark Force Fest, having never heard the song before, it's meaning really spoke to me as a song of yearning and a song of it's time but yet timeless all the same.
Favorite track: Fear of Disappearing.
Anathe Mal
Anathe Mal
Emotive synths, articulate lyrics, and well composed the way my deeply flawed relationships aren't.
Favorite track: A River Loves a Stone.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumFirst pressing of Empathy Test's third album, Monsters, on vinyl. Limited run of 300 black 12" vinyl records in a cellophane-wrapped, full colour sleeve, with printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics and original artwork by band member Adam Relf. This is a pre-order and will start shipping on the release date, 22nd May 2020.
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Monsters
04:48
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When all's been said and done
And another day's begun.
When the lines go on and on
And all you've got is gone.
You've doused yourself in sin
And the daylight's creeping in.
When the shadows start to grow - oh!
Maybe it's time to go
Maybe it's time to go
Maybe it's time to go.
When all's been said and done
No distance left to run.
When the emptiness arrives
And there's nowhere left to hide.
When it's stacking up inside
From the corners of your mind.
When the teardrops start to flow - oh!
Maybe it's time to go
Maybe it's time to go
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Again.
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Again.
Maybe it's time to go
Maybe it's time to go
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Again.
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Baby I've got the monsters
Again.
They're creeping up
Again.
They're creeping up
Again.
They're creeping up
Again.
They're creeping up
Again.
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My heart is an empty vessel
Drifting out to sea
I try my best to be
What you want me to be.
You can try and help me
You could drown me gently
You could tell me all of the things that
I want you to say
And you
You could walk away
Empty handed.
I hear running water
Hear you knocking on the door.
I spent an hour or more
Just lying on the bathroom floor.
You can try and help me
You could drown me gently
You could tell me all of the things that
I want you to say
And you
You could walk away
Empty handed
The wave that came has broken
And the void has swallowed me
A door before me stands ajar
I thought I'd run but I'm not free.
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Doubts
03:54
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For all your doubts I will be strong.
The more you put me through
The more, I will belong to you.
And I long to be free from this apathy.
I'm sick of playing mind games
In your basement flat in Chelsea.
So tell me what you want from me
And I promise I will be
More than you need.
At the end of Hollywood Road you fell apart.
You could blame the cocaine,
You could, blame an empty heart.
But I long to be, long to belong.
I long to be, long to belong.
So tell me what you want from me
And I promise I will be
More than you need.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
There is no substitute for love
No feeling
Tell me when you’ve had enough.
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Making Worlds
03:56
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What darkened pathway brought us here?
Our primal instincts drove our fear.
Released, we were lost in an instant.
Love made us blind despite our resistance.
Do we go back in time again?
See who was wrong and who's to blame?
We fell into routine and madness
Overly burdened with all of our sadness.
Release these strings I feel
Let, go this unrelenting wheel of fate.
Drowning in these moods
So well-defined but
I cannot be without, you
Making worlds in my head
Aching, still chasing
Dreams that you made for me.
What motion sickness grows inside?
Overexposed and still denied.
Reprieve made us colder and distant
Lost in our thoughts despite your insistence.
Do we go back in time again?
See who was wrong and who's to blame?
We fell into routine and madness
Overly burdened with all of our sadness.
Release these strings I feel
Let go this unrelenting wheel of fate.
Drowning in these moods
So well defined but
I cannot be without, you
Making worlds in my head
Aching, still chasing
Dreams that you made for me.
I cannot be without, you
Making worlds in my head
Aching, still chasing
Dreams that you made for me.
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Stop
04:14
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Everything, everything all at the same time.
Anything, anything to escape my mind.
And I can't go to sleep at night
Until I see the morning light.
There's no one in your arms again
And still we all have to pretend
We're fine.
Everything, everything's burning on the inside.
Anything, anything to numb the pain you hide.
And I can't seem to calm my nerves
Moods don't swing they only swerve.
Now I'm a nervous wreck again
And still we all have to pretend
We're fine.
When all of my darkest thoughts
Roam through my head
And I'm lying for hours awake in my bed.
If you only knew what you're doing to me
Would you stop?
Or would you just carry on?
Everything, everything's twisted up and broken.
Anything, anything - tell me you were joking.
And I can't seem to look away
I die a thousand times a day.
Let's analyse it all again
Until we're ready to pretend
We're fine.
When all of my darkest thoughts
Roam through my head
And I'm lying for hours awake in my bed.
If you only knew what you're doing to me
Would you stop?
Or would you just carry on?
When all of my darkest thoughts
Roam through my head
And I'm lying for hours awake in my bed.
If you only knew what you're doing to me
Would you stop?
Or would you just carry on?
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Please don’t tell me, you think it’s too late.
I’m not ready, to accept this fate.
The seas will rise, to reclaim the land
And we’ll realise, we are still so small.
Peace be with you, when the lights go out.
Hearts are heavy, overcome by doubt.
Seas will rise, to reclaim the land
And we’ll realise, we are still so small.
Ooh, we run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
Please don’t tell me, we can not prevail.
Heaven help me, if we are to fail.
Seas will rise, to reclaim the land
And we’ll realise, we are still so small.
Ooh, we run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
We run like tears through the flood of
Holy rivers.
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Fear of Disappearing
04:11
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Stay close to your television tonight
Wrap your arms around its cold, dull light.
‘Cause it’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
Tell me how many people do you really know?
How long will it be before they go?
I don’t know...
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
Everything you do will be erased.
The moment that you leave, you’ll be replaced
And you won’t know.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
I’ve been waiting for something
That never comes.
And everything of any worth’s been done.
And I’ve been living in here
With mediocrity, surrounding me.
And I’ve been living in fear of disappearing
No one hearing me.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
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Take me
Contain me in your womb
Don't give me room to breathe.
Suffocate me
Reinstate me in you.
I am falling apart, I am
Falling apart tonight.
Just imprison me and
Shower me with light.
Choke me
Envelope me inside
I know you see through each disguise.
Swallow me
I cannot cope with life.
You said there's too many people
On this earth anyway.
And we're not going to get
Very, far if we run away.
Consume me
Consume me with your love.
Rejuvenate me
Come and take me away.
Consume me
Consume me with your love.
Rejuvenate me
Come and take me away.
Break me
Rebuild me your own way
I have been this shape too long.
Disintegrate me
Invigorate me anew.
You said there's too many people
On this earth anyway.
And we're not going to get
Very, far if we run away.
Consume me
Consume me with your love.
Rejuvenate me
Come and take me away.
Consume me
Consume me with your love.
Rejuvenate me
Come and take me away.
Consume me
Consume me
Consume me
Consume me
Consume me
Consume me
Consume me
Consume me
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Skin
03:43
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I'm too afraid to put down in words
All the thoughts I've been keeping
On the tip of my tongue for too long.
And you're too scared of being alone
To be by yourself
Long enough to feel fine
In your own skin.
But I see you've moved on
A little too fast
For me to believe
You've left the past behind.
I'm just another boy
With a bruised ego
Who can never let go
Of something he didn't know
He had at the time.
Isn't it always the same?
I'm too afraid to put down in words
All the thoughts I've been hiding
In the back of my mind for so long.
You say a year is plenty of time
To be by myself
Long enough to feel fine.
In my own skin.
But I see you've moved on
A little too fast
For me to believe
You've left the past behind.
I'm just another boy
With a bruised ego
Who can never let go
Of something he didn't know
He had at the time.
Isn't it always the same?
But I see you've moved on
A little too fast
For me to believe
You've left the past behind.
I'm just another boy
With a bruised ego
Who can never let go
Of something he didn't know
He had at the time.
Isn't it always the same?
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10. |
Love Moves
04:06
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I don't want anything from you
Just a light, to light my way.
And I won't take up too much of your time
I'll always need the odd night alone.
You can tell me your dreams
And I will listen with an open mind.
You can guarantee I'll be taking note
Please don't leave me behind.
Love moves
Faster than anything I know
Take me wherever you go.
Love moves.
I don't need anything from you
Just to know, you're on my side.
And when I'm tired and broken by this life
I'll always need a safe place to hide.
You can tell me I’m wrong
And I won’t even try to change your mind.
And you can guarantee I'll be making time
Please don't leave me behind.
And love moves
Faster than anything I know
Take me wherever you go.
And love moves.
And love moves
Faster than anything I know
Take me wherever you go.
And love moves.
And love moves
Faster than anything I know
Take me wherever you go.
And love moves.
And love moves
And love moves
And love moves
And love moves
And love moves
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A River Loves a Stone
03:42
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You are, brittle like the wind
But I can, see right through your skin.
Well you've got such beautiful bones
And I love you like a river loves a stone.
I am, fickle as I'm thin
I shut you out, but you still got in.
My worst intentions have all been overthrown
And now I love you like a river loves a stone.
Oh yeah I love you like a river loves a stone.
I love you like a river loves a stone.
Oh yeah I love you like a river loves a stone.
I love you like a river loves a stone.
You are, brittle but you'll bend
And I may, break you but you'll mend.
Well you paint me with such subtle tones
And I love you like a river loves a stone.
We are, brilliant though we're flawed
I wish you'd be a little self-assured.
Your best intentions, have all been overthrown
And now I love you - like a river loves a stone.
Oh yeah I love you like a river loves a stone.
I love you like a river loves a stone.
Oh yeah I love you like a river loves a stone.
I love you like a river loves a stone.
Well I could sit and stare at you for hours
Like a bouquet of funeral flowers
But every leaf is painted black
And every petal is as pale as wax.
Oh yeah I love you like a river loves a stone.
I love you like a river loves a stone.
Oh yeah I love you like a river loves a stone.
I love you like a river loves a stone.
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15. |
Love Moves (KANGA Remix)
04:13
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16. |
Love Moves (SONO Remix)
08:21
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about
London (UK) based Empathy Test's third studio album, Monsters, releases 22nd May 2020 and builds on the modern synth pop sound of their previous albums, adding live acoustic drums and synthesisers to the mix to capture the energy of the band's live shows. Founder members Isaac Howlett (vocals / songwriting) and Adam Relf (composition / production) have incorporated the considerable talents of performing members Christina Lopez (drums) and Oliver Marson (synths) for the first time, to create a rawer, more organic sound that will no doubt enthuse their loyal fans, while winning over some new ones too.
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released May 22, 2020
All tracks written by Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf except Monsters (Howlett, Relf, Lopez, Marson) and Making Worlds, Skin and Love Moves(Howlett, Relf, Marson). Live drums performed by Christina Lopez. Live synthesisers by Oliver Marson. All lyrics by Isaac Howlett except Making Worlds (Howlett, Relf). Mixed and mastered by Adam Relf. Artwork by Adam Relf.
All tracks written by Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf except Monsters (Howlett, Relf, Lopez, Marson) and Making Worlds, Skin and Love Moves(Howlett, Relf, Marson). Live drums performed by Christina Lopez. Live synthesisers by Oliver Marson. All lyrics by Isaac Howlett except Making Worlds (Howlett, Relf). Mixed and mastered by Adam Relf. Artwork by Adam Relf.
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Empathy Test London, UK
London (UK) based electronic pop group. As heard on MTV Catfish, Luis Miguel on Netflix, KCRW, BBC Introducing, Clash, Idolator, Line of Best Fit, Earmilk, PopMatters and many more.
shows
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Jan 12Prague, Czech Republic
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Jan 13Leipzig, Germany
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Mar 08Bremen, Germany
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Mar 09Hamburg, Germany
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Mar 10Cologne, Germany
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Mar 15Munich, Germany
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Mar 16Lindau, Germany
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Mar 22Hannover, Germany
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Mar 23Dresden, Germany
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Mar 27Nuremberg, Germany
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Mar 28Jena, Germany
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Mar 29Berlin, Germany
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Mar 30Oberhausen, Germany
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Mar 31Frankfurt, Germany
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Apr 04Manchester, UK
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Apr 05Glasgow, UK
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Apr 06Bristol, UK
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Apr 07Nuneaton, UK
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Apr 10Nottingham, UK
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Apr 11Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Apr 12Sheffield, UK
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Apr 13London, UK
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Sep 2019
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