Tezeo “Violet”

30 Aug 2013 — Henry Schiller

Brooklyn's Tezeo are here to provide some wavy, baritone comfort for you, the gentle denizen of a post-apocalyptic world. At least that’s the general impression that I get from their new song “Violet.” This is a pop song that seems explicitly designed for a vast savannah that is pox marked with the overgrown ruins of western civilization. In more contemporary terms: this is Peter Gabriel’s So made intrinsic to an era of house music and violently electronic dance pop. “Violet” even seems to incorporate aspects of elevator music into its digital pastiche of spritely synthetic bubble bursts and textured rhythmic maneuvers. No, I’m not gushing: "Violet" is just that lush. Something to commemorate the kind of wacky '80s soulfulness that ultimately gave way to the industrial darkness of 21st century pop music.

Tezeo's self-titled debut LP is out October 8.