‘Lifeless Life’ opens a pop-hooked Pandora’s field of a paradox, reflecting on how life usually inhibits feeling alive, particularly as we develop into numb to atrocities and the monotonies of day by day existence. Between the diaphanous candour pouring from Xy Gala’s confessions and the beat that brings a pulse of resistance to the mediocrity of actuality, it’s not possible to not lock into the monitor and really feel that he has a present for unifying those that aren’t content material to undergo the motions, who wrestle to seek out which means and pleasure inside their autonomy.
It’s a haunting monitor, positive to vindicate anybody who is aware of how emotionally paralysing it’s to maintain your head above water. The electro-rock riff blazes by means of the combination earlier than the hauntingly pensive, cinematically uncooked outro, affirming that Xy Gala by no means pours half measures into his alchemic cocktail of pop, rock, electronica, and lure. The hovering refrain and the Santana-esque guitar solo inject an unforgettable power into the monitor, fusing genres right into a sound that followers of Submit Malone, Falling in Reverse, and The Child LAROI will respect.
The London-based luminary, Xy Gala, has by no means sounded extra genuine or important. ‘Lifeless Life’ is out on twenty first March 2025. Hear it on Soundcloud.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast