SoftWave – Aspire (EP – SoftWave)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Danish SoftWave duo Catrine Christensen – Jerry Olsen, strike back with a new EP featuring five songs. The tracks have their ‘own vulnerable and meaningful struggle story that seeks to inspire and motivate others to reach new heights.’
Content: SoftWave stands for pure Synth-Pop which is once more illustrated by this work. From catchy, happy-like, passages to more melancholic parts with Catrine’s vocals on top.
+ + + : I appreciate an EP featuring 5 different songs. The tracks are well-crafted and reveal a mature approach. SoftWave is a band that considerably evolved throughout the years. “Supernova” sounds to me as the absolute highlight.
– – – : “Supernova” is a real cool track but the EP isn’t featuring an absolute ‘hit’ what this band is maybe missing to become more recognized.
Conclusion: Enjoyable Synth-Pop music with a cool retro-feeling.
Best songs: “Supernova”, “Thanks You For Breaking My Heart”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.softwavemusic.com / www.facebook.com/SoftWaveMusic
About SoftWave
SoftWave is a Danish synthpop duo formed in 2014 by Catrine Christensen and Jerry Olsen. The project debuted with the EP “Together Alone” in 2016, followed by “Together Alone The Remixes” in 2017. Its first album, “Game On”, followed in 2019 and was later reworked into “Game On 1Up”, reissued in 2020 with bonus tracks on Electro-Shock-Records. In February 2020 SoftWave supported OMD on the Scandinavian leg of the “Greatest Hits – Souvenir Tour”, and Erasure’s Andy Bell later invited the duo to contribute a remix to his Andy Bell Is Torsten project “Club Torsten!”. “Aspire” is the duo’s newest EP.
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