The Trusted are a uniquely innovating and genre blending rock group. Combining synths with a classic rock arrangement and crashing bass lines, the group craft a powerful retro rock feeling that’s strongly powered and steered by electronic foundations. Thematically, their latest piece ‘Vellichor’ dives deep into ideas on the fleeting nature of life and our continued grappling with our own personal journey. That sense of dissatisfaction with where life is going, with your own skewed perception of where you want to be, is brought to vivid life in ‘Vellichor’. In a word, ‘nostalgia’ might fit the bill best. More accurately though, it’s a larger indictment on how we often use nostalgia as a crutch, as a way of hanging on to the past as an escape from our troubles today.
“Vellichor in this context represents ‘the smell of old emotions and the passing of time.“
It’s as interesting a listen from a purely sonic perspective as it is from a content side. Starting with a starry flurry of synths before an inviting drum and bass section paves the way for a lovely low toned vocal performance, it’s innately loaded in feeling with each section. A magical tune, a special one, undoubtedly.