The beauty of Visitor is it challenges you to listen differently. The bass is there (especially on opening track ‘Genius of Evil’) and it’s an intriguing, frenetic, fun and sometimes chaotic collection of a dozen tracks. Drama and mystery is created by some prog-like keyboard riffs, samples of films and games like Minecraft, sound effects on an air conditioning unit and other such experimental drones. Yet it is mostly underpinned by a familiarity and accessibility of the vocals and guitars, with a driving post-punk energy from the drums given a sense of urgency. Continue reading Empath: Visitor – album review