WASTEFELLOW
Wastefellow’s music isn’t just an imaginative exploration of subaquatic sonics, as Ingram Roche possesses a voice of a youthful soulful magnitude, and it’s these human sounds that override the potential feeling of potential overuse of production trickery.
On his latest, and most accomplished EP, Post Human Potential, released last week on Soft Boy Records (which also released the best Irish EP of the year from Kojaque), those two defining characteristics sound like natural bedfellows.
With a concept that addresses society's relationship to technology and the digital spaces we use to communicate with each other, the songs also occupy an imagined space. Infinity Gaze's cold synths and atmosphere are reflected in the lyrics: "I feel a world unravelling / but there's no connection," reflecting our current peculiar digital predicament. Philosophy Plastic, drawing on an idea of cosmic oneness, marries Roche's falsetto with a particularly celestial backdrop that twists into a uptempo synth workout.
Those sounds, drawn from the aforementioned genres, are also a product of digital technology, aptly mirroring the concept, while Ingram Roche’s lyrics and vocals resonate simply, as a human seeking connection.
Wastefellow played the Prima Volta Weekender in November 2024