A glistening and shimmering piece of resplendent electro-pop, v394’s signature synth driven pomp loaded style is taken to another level altogether on ‘Heat’. The Mexican artist with severe hearing impairments who studied music at Stanford and was raised on Catalina Island has a keenly distinctive style that combines the glimmer and radiance of electro-pop with the weight and depth of the more powerful and thumping future bass sounds. The song, which delves into climate change complacency and more, has a slightly satirical and sardonic take towards our collective apathy and dissonance with the potential for such dire outcomes.
It’s powerful and poignant, a sign of the times we live in. The metallic and futuristic sounds, not just echoed in the production but also in the choppy vocals adds to the entire feeling. Described as ‘Don’t Look Up’ in audio form, we need to start caring about the heat, about the climate changing, and about our own ignorance towards it all.