Crafted from the chaos and heartbreak of a broken friendship, songwriter and performer Strascha delivers an energising, awakening dose of volume and personal struggle, with the heavy layers and fearless vocal conviction of Hack.
Stylistically channelling inspiration from the likes of Grimes and Addison Rae, Hack features an intensely distorted bassline and an eerie, mellow groove, with a dark pop aura leading towards a retro effected scream of a chorus.
The contrast is powerful, and the set-up effectively reinforces the emotional turmoil of self-reflective uncertainty from the lyrics.
The stripped-back keys and whispered, distant vocals during the final third add a particularly poignant weight to this effect, and the whole track in the end acts as a kind of cathartic outpouring of angst, which is both recognisable and nostalgic by nature.
