Overview
Revengeseekerz is a digicore album, with elements of EDM, [14] experimental hip-hop, house, [16] hyperpop, industrial hip-hop, and rage. [16] [6] Marked as a departure from Census Designated 's shoegaze [2] and post-rock [5] sound and a return to the genre since Frailty, [18] [19] it is nearly 50 minutes long and there are twelve tracks on the album. [19] [14] [16] The album's concept is based on Remover dealing with their newfound fame and how it affected their mental health and relationship with others. [18] Being self-referential, almost each track samples Remover's previous music they produced. [18] Danny Brown is the only guest artist on the album, being featured on "Psychoboost".
The album has an extensive collection of sound effects sampled, including battle announcers from Pokémon Wii games, [19] Japanese animated apocalyptic science fiction film The End of Evangelion, [19] a Guitar Hero iOS game, [19] dialogue from Duke Nukem , [19] a PBS series, [19] teen supernatural horror film The Craft, [19] a Sonic fan game, [16] and voice lines from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. [16] Several songs sample tracks Remover produced in the past, as well as their side projects and production work for other digicore artists. [19] [10]
Matt Mitchel of Paste Magazine states: "For 12 songs, Jane is a self-referential tornado rummaging around in a maximalist ether, embellishing micro-genres and splitting continuums into their own playground of crushing techno, EDM, and blazing hyperpop." [14] In terms of production, Remover considers Revengeseekerz to be closer to Frailty than Census Designated, with the involvement of EDM. [6] They consider it to be a "blind rage" album, explaining it as based on people who "wronged" them. [6] Remover played guitar in seven out of twelve tracks. [6]
Tracks
The opening track, "Twice Removed", beginning with a sample reminiscent of a video game loading, [21] is layered with booming 808s, stuttering synths, Auto-Tune vocals, glitch sounds, skittering percussions, and various sound effects and samples, all elements that highlight the rest of Revengeseekerz sonically. Unlike their past work, Remover makes hedonistic and braggadocio references, for example, "Shit was 03. 03 Bitch, I'm Avril Lavigne." "Psychoboost" is a techno and dubstep track that features Danny Brown as a guest artist under high levels of distortion, where Remover reflects feelings of desire and dysphoria. [14] [21]
"Star People", is a lush experimental hip hop track that takes a jerk-influenced tone loaded with "cacophonous sounds and layers." Inspired by George Michael's "Star People", [6] the track tones down in its second half with melodic vocals and guitar lines. In its 90-second outro, vocalizations, broken glass sounds, and "fluttering bloops of fainty distorting synths" are featured. [14] "Experimental Skin", features Remover referring to themselves "as a shapeshifter of sorts" under an EDM beat. "Angels in Camo", opening with a "heavenly stutter-choir," takes a hypertrap influence. [29] "Dreamflasher", opens with a yawning harmonica and shows Remover lyrically on their success from their music, with people screaming their name and finding love from one who matters to them. [29]
"Turn Up or Die", begins with distorted kicks reflecting hard style music and evolves into a dubstep drop, while containing an extensive use of atmospheric techno samples. [21] "Dancing with Your Eyes Closed" is a hyperpop and house track featuring "videogame-like synth against a pulsing backbeat", [12] and a "squishy, danceable, electropop grooves" with denser production. [16] "Fadeoutz", makes a contrast to the album's sounds with a softer approach on the guitar lines and vocal melodies, detailing Remover on where they're falling apart. "Professional Vengeance", shows Remover's "own take on a quirky teeny bopper hit," but is layered with various video game sounds, then "deep fried in the FL Studio multitrack." "Dark Night Castle", contains string layers and stuttering piano lines. "Fadeoutz" and "Dark Night Castle" are both influenced from "techno-shaped post-hardcore." [14] The final track, "JRJRJR", shows Remover dealing with struggles with their past music, fanbase, and themselves while sampling their previous music. [29] [10] Sonically, it is a hyperpop and rage track. [8]
