REVIEW: The Modern Age Translates Chaos Into Electricity on “Adult Swim @ The Pool”
WRITTEN BY KIMBERLY MURO
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Photo by Aleksa S.
While the comforting, familiar beats of The Modern Age may wash you with a sense of nostalgia, they are anything but that. According to their Spotify profile, The Modern Age is “a restless push forward, translating chaos, doubt, and conviction into something electric.”
The Modern Age makes animated and dynamic music. Their discography so far showcases through lines of excitement and commitment to creating their own sound. Whether they have you jumping around to “Adult Swim @ The Pool” (unreleased) or swaying your head to “Braindead,” one thing is true- it’s hard to sit still when listening to The Modern Age.
Life on Jupiter had a chance to listen to their unreleased single, “Adult Swim @ The Public Pool.” The track was particularly standout among the band’s existing catalog. Carried by its unique ability to create a sound you miss the second it is over, “Adult Swim @ The Public Pool”’s opening bursts with muffled shouts that slip in and out of the rest of the two-minute track.
Before you can get too comfortable with the sound, the track lulls into a melodic pool of airy, forward vocals, creating a depth you wouldn’t imagine a shorter song could possess.
The song returns to curated chaos as the intro’s muffled screams are accompanied by a choir of more intense vocals.
If this song were purely visual, it would look like a concrete, bright, confident portrait. Only upon closer inspection would you notice the explosions of color splattered on the canvas—the bright array of colors, streaks, and lines that intersect, creating new, refreshing images.
“Adult Swim @ The Public Pool” is a testament to The Modern Age’s mission to translate chaos into something electric.
“Adult Swim @ The Public Pool” will be released soon, but you can keep up with The Modern Age below.