Australian solo artist StarAV just shared an intensely vulnerable new single, “falling down.” The multi-talented producer and lyricist harnesses atmospheric breakcore to chart a deeply personal journey through profound guilt, self-loathing, and the painful realities of a destructive past dynamic.
It begins with an entirely empty, sweeping drone that echoes endlessly, feeling like an abandoned sanctuary. I initially braced for a gentle meditation on regret. Instead, the hollow space violently fractures. High-pitched, artificial tones begin mourning erratically over incredibly rapid, stuttering drum chops.
Highly distorted low-frequency drops arrive with an aggressive, shaking urgency that made my shoulders instantly tense up. StarAV locks us inside this claustrophobic panic, relying on emotive, soulful vocals to deliver an agonizing plea to a loved one: distance yourself from me before my toxicity pulls you under too.
The frantic juxtaposition of delicate melodies and abrasive glitchcore chaos masterfully captures the sheer exhaustion of inner turmoil. The track eventually abruptly leaves you stranded back in that initial, lonely expanse. Does authentic evolution sometimes demand that we deliberately isolate ourselves within the ruin we have created?
