Vasser shares new self-titled EP featuring brand new track, ‘Blind Faith Talking’
Vasser
Releases new, self-titled EP
Features brand new track, ‘Blind Faith Talking’
“Mesmerising…Vasser seems to branch out as both an individual and an artist” Pigeons & Planes
“The work of a young artist who’s not defying genre so much as helping define a series of new ones” Notion
“Bedroom production’s brightest new light” The Line of Best Fit
“‘Dazzlingly slick…pins Vasser to the map.” DIY Magazine
“A wonderful introductory offering…Vasser’s work has a rich, focused sense of identity” CLASH
“Meticulously manages to conjour up a sound all of his own” Crack In The Road
Vasser has released his brand new self-titled EP today, which features acclaimed single ‘Valerians’ alongside new tracks ‘Blind Faith Talking’ and ‘Nearby’. The young singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist has picked up support thus far across the likes of Radio 1, 1xtra, BBC Introducing, Apple Music and Spotify, whilst currently at work on further new material.
‘Blind Faith’, says Vasser, is a song “about grief over relationship troubles, and the different attitudes you can have simultaneously (compassion and regret, hostility and aggression). The production and writing is supposed to reflect those harder and softer sides of me, too, and the fact that your responses are so inconsistent largely because of your own insecurity.”
With its nuanced mix of organic textures and atmospheric electronics, the ‘Vasser’ EP exhibits an increasingly confident focus on songwriting and vocals – resulting in the 20 year old’s most distinct work to date. Already, too, Va sser ‘s work is showing a curious eye for isolation, community and creativity. At home, the choice between a more artistic (but insular) life was apparent from an early age: whilst the London underground beats scene which Vasser aspired to seemed unreachable from the family’s sleepy commuter-town, more immediate inspiration came from his mother, a German-born oil-painter who would work downstairs between Vasser ‘s bass-heavy, studio shifts in the bedroom upstairs. Here he started writing songs in earnest around both his final exams and first serious breakup, beginning with the intense, introverted ‘Whatever You Want’. Marching to (and producing) your own beat was further instilled by spotting the connections between subcultures Vasser loved: James Blake’s cover of ‘A Case Of You’ opened a window to the work of Joni Mitchell, for instance, before the burgeoning Soundcloud community and DIY ethos of Youtube tutorials broke down any geographical or genre-based walls separating early dub or UK rap from dance producers like Floating Points and Jon Hopkins.
Listen to ‘Vasser’ EP
https://soundcloud.com/vassermusic/sets/vasser-ep
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