Hear Them Run, Hear Them Play by True True

As hyperpop continues to splinter and spin off into numerous microgenres and adjacent styles, Hear Them Run, Hear Them Play by True True stands out as a highly unique trajectory for an electronic scene still grappling with the collapse of this successful subgenre. Substituting hyperpop grandiosity with homespun comfort, this album encases its superhuman vocal textures in supernaturally bouncy sonic settings that surprisingly conjure organic imagery. Reminiscent in rhythm and composition to GameCube video game soundtracks with punchy synths and densely sequenced percussion, True True adds layers of digital depth and complexity to each of these tones, breathing life into these synthetic sounds and approaching the wealth of warmth and detail we find in nature. Placing this level of synthetic detail into any other context may cause the music to enter the uncanny valley, but the bright aesthetics of Hear Them Run elevate this record to an absolutely adorable display of human creativity, holding digital technology in one hand and natural inspirations in the other as it wraps us in its warm, comforting embrace.