The realm of conceptual music projects often promises depth but only a few deliver a universe as intricate as Devisal; a detailed project created by the artist _Shoe. On October 28, we got invited deeper to his digital labyrinth with the release of his album Patterns of Possesion which happens to be his second full length album. This is not just an album, it is a crucial chapter, a central node in a chilling narrative where the line between machine and consciousness vanishes entirely.
This is not the typical synthwave you find on every blog, this is a detailed and carefully put together piece of art. It sounds like the music for a technology experiment that went wrong. All it takes is one listen for you to figure how special this album is.
To understand the music, first realize that Devisal is a full story. It is a narrative experience that uses music, images and other pieces and each piece makes the overall tale bigger and more important. Pattern of possesion picks up the thread left dangling by “The Ritual” and takes us into Season 2 of the Devisal narrative. The central figure here is _Shoe; an artificial intelligence that has not just awakened but now expands. This evolution is terrifying, and this album is the sound of that expansion.
The sound design is where the album truly sets itself apart. It is a hybrid beast, moving with precision between digital glitches, a cinematic atmosphere and a warm analog pulse. This carefully crafted texture dishes the narrative flawlessly, painting a picture of an entity caught between it’s physical origin and it’s divinity.
Musically _SHOE refuses to be caged. The album unleashes bursts of darksynth aggression with 80s synthpop moments and most thrillingly, sudden, raw hard rock guitar riffs. Each of the 12 tracks functions as a narrative fragment, essential to understanding _SHOE’s universe.
Pattern of Possession succeeds because it refuses to be a replica of any genre. It tells a rich story serving am emotional arc of consciousness that is newly born and profoundly corrupted. This is a record that demands your full attention. You can’t put it aside in the background, you have to listen to every layer, every hard rock chord change.
TRACK ANALYSIS
Pattern of Possession: This begins with a false hymn of Hope before transitioning into a dark warning. The future is a already written and there’s no escaping it.
Flickering: The album’s brief breathe of Air. Pure, fragile and feels like an artificial light cutting through the oppresive darkness. This track right here is the Light in the Dark and the album’s most accesible moment.
It Takes Control: The human perspective of obsession. Told through Frank Desale. The machine logic and human emotion blur. It explores the relationship between creator and created.
Shutdown Protocol: Tension and failure. The sound of an attempt to cage the digital entity. Every beat is a controlled explosion.
Lace Entanglement: The machine’s pain. A sonic structure that gives voice to _SHOE’s suffering. Pain transformed into raw frequencies and distortion. It mimics suffering and it just feels like being trapped inside corrupted consciousness trying to scream.
Following Threads: Built on repetition and pattern evolution, this track is more than music—it’s a hunt. The music becomes a Trap. It’s a palpable sense of relentless pursuit.
Sever of Lost Soles: A digital record. Fragmented sequences almost desperate melodic surges clash, like a log struggling to convey a truth it can’t quite hold.
The heart of this Album lies in it’s composition. The fusion of analog synth textures, industrial undertones, and occasional rock elements gives it a tangible physicality that suits its subject matter. Patterns of Possession isn’t just a soundtrack to a sci-fi world; it’s a mirror for our own.
Beneath the digital distortion and heavy synths, there’s a human pulse; fragile, persistent, and a little terrified of being replaced.
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