As we dive into ‘Reconcile’, we instantly have to reckon with its gloomy and anthemic mood, a crepuscular quality that transforms an alternative rock cut into a haunting, industrial-leaning nightmare, one that feels intense and urgent, but also reflective and nuanced. Behind such a potent offering, we find San Diego-based creative Reduction in Force, talented musician and singer with a “25-year legal career” behind him, as we are told. If his arguments were as strong as his music, then clients were in safe hands!
There’s a wide variety of influences running through ‘Reconcile’. You’ve got your dark Nine Inch Nails allure against pop-leaning, catchy melodism and electro production. Reduction in Force eventually lands on a peculiar formula, one that feels unconventional and powerful, but also free-spirited and malleable. The perfect intersection between alternative and mainstream.
Delving deeper into the meaningful and dystopian ethos that propels the song, Reduction in Force explains: “Reconcile is about interpersonal reckoning… the realisation that there is nothing more than just us and it’s on us to make it work. Or, at least try.” It’s quite a radical, honest stance, one that blooms with authenticity and aural courage in the face of an industry riddled with fake prophets and empty statements. We suspect listeners will relate to it.
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