A short three track record, A.B Violet’s ‘Equinox’ is a pulsating yet serenading piece of electronic commercial pop music. From ‘Pedal to the Metal’ to ‘Wasting Time’, you’re left elevated and floating through the driving and brooding beats each pile onto you with verve and speed. The record delves into matters of overwhelm, pessimism and regret with immense depth. You’re left tapping your foot along as you enjoy the continual beat movement while simultaneously left reconciling with the weight of the world around you.
Abigail’s vocals are almost operatic. There’s a grandiosity to her performance, a sense of scale and luxury that doesn’t seem like it should fit the more smooth and pulsating beats that rally onto you with continual pressure and unrelenting speeds. It’s in the pitter patter of Rain, the piano intricacies underneath the tapping beat of ‘Wastine Time’, that EQUINOX really sets itself apart.
The entirety of the record feels like a dream that puts you into some state of transfixion. You’re completely concentrated, entirely focused on whatever you may be doing while the beat puts you into a state of deep lull. The continuous beat, Violet’s eloquent delivery of ‘wasting time, wasting money’ is a particular highlight.
An electronic pop record that’s definitively unique, ‘EQUINOX’ uses a vocalists powerful range and scale alongside beats that are thoroughly stylistically different to create a confluence that’s intriguing and complementary.