“Invisible Man” is the latest track by Twice Dark, an excellent solo project of Josh Kreuzman, a songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s the second piece in 2024, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Telekinetic,” another marvelous piece of sonic artistry released earlier this year that you should also check out. Together, these two pieces announce Twice Dark’s highly anticipated full-length album, slated for release in the spring of 2025. Lyrically, “Invisible Man” talks about feeling unseen and the realization that whatever mark we leave on this earth, is only temporary. Soundwise, Twice Dark combines many complementary music genres to illustrate such rich and luxurious sonic imagery. Perhaps darkwave comes to mind first, but don’t be surprised if you stumble upon some of the finest properties borrowed from goth rock, post-punk, synth rock, synthwave, new wave, and other similar music styles. He uses all these additional elements as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to elevate his latest single to new heights. Therefore, these experimentations with many different but complementary styles resulted in a catchy, memorable, engaging darkwave anthem that will immediately appeal to even the pickiest fans of the genre and beyond.
As soon as you press play, you’ll realize that Twice Dark is not joking around with his music. That’s vividly hearable through everything he implemented into this composition. He poured heart and soul into every vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuver, delivering one of the finest darkwave tracks ever. “Invisible Man” arrives with a perfect structure, garnered with many intricate segments, brilliant ideas, and marvelous orchestrations, making this song such an incredible piece of work worth repeating over and over again. Vocals play one of the major roles here, as they convey the message with such precision and finesse. You’ll notice how the passionate, sincere, confident, and powerful vocal harmonies command attention and guide the listening apparatus through Twice Dark’s expansive sonic universe. The impressive vocal range seamlessly balances low, mid, and high notes, emphasizing every segment and instrumentation. Also, various singing techniques like gotchy and robotic chants during the verses and more humane, soulful vocal maneuvers during the choruses decorate everything Twice Dark intended to achieve with his latest piece of sonic artistry. His dedication to the craft is vividly hearable in every vocal line, delivered with such passion and confidence.
Of course, this amazing sonic journey wouldn’t be complete without the mesmerizing synth maneuvers. The synths reign supreme throughout the entire composition, delivering catchy, memorable, engaging leads, themes, memories, harmonies, and other sonic delicacies. Their interplay with subtle chord progressions and riffs delivered on polished and semi-distorted guitars make “Invisible Man” such a standout on the contemporary music scene. These instrumentations continuously levitate between nostalgic eighties goth rock, post-punk, and darkwave sonic acrobatics yet they feel modern, innovative, fresh, and unique at the same time. Twice Dark thoroughly planned even the tiniest details and nuances, ensuring that this song will appeal to even the pickiest music enthusiasts. There are also equally intricate, audible, subtly abrasive synth low-ends rumbling beneath synths and guitars, offering more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth while simultaneously binding everything together. In the meantime, the tastefully assembled, flawlessly programmed, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep the remainder of the orchestrations in line while dictating groove and tempo with such precision. Each instrumentation has its place and purpose in this sonic equation, showcasing Twice Dark’s dedication to the craft.
“Invisible Men” is a soulful, meaningful darkwave masterpiece that exemplifies Twice Dark’s experience, knowledge, creativity, skills, and talent. From passionate vocal maneuvers, marvelous synth leads, and pleasant chord progressions to a rock-solid rhythm section that propels everything to new heights, “Invisible Men” is fully stacked with magnificent ideas, impressive musicianship, and genius arrangements, ready to satisfy even the pickiest darkwave fans. You should immediately place this masterpiece on your music radar. The single is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!
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