Gorus – (giant vacuum) (2023)
The brainchild of musician Ethan Tyrer, Gorus is a musical project where wistful grunge meets post-punk with a sliver of indie-rock in the frame. No newbie to the music scene, Gorus follows Tyrer’s project Anima which received critical acclaim for the three albums and EP. Approximately a year ago, this US-based artist formed Gorus experimenting with elements of jazz, psychedelic rock, electronica and rock to find something special without any true definition (although I will do my best). The latest addition to his discography is the single ‘(giant vacuum)’.
Following his debut single ‘Bartleby’, ‘(giant vacuum)’ retains the ethereal grunge soundscape but with a creepiness to crawl beneath your skin. Easily placed alongside Radiohead, Gorus tosses you into that grunge swirl of music where you become completely lost in the dark mire of sound. All-encompassing, any listener will fall beneath Tyrer’s spell with both ‘Bartleby’ and ‘(giant vacuum)’; it just seems more apt that you feel a soul-clinching darkness with this new single. Aligned with the concept of cyclical destruction and embracing the apocalypse, a suck zone mire of despair seemed apt. Then again, is it such a dark zone of despair?
Penned about a year before the pandemic, ‘(giant vacuum)’ is jokingly a “premonition to the apocalypse…”, at least it was a great time to begin recording an apocalypse-themed song. Interestingly enough, the single is not about the darkness and destructive flailing beneath an all-consuming disaster. No, it is actually the opposite with an ironic acceptance of the situation.
“The song isn’t about the fear of an apocalypse. Rather it’s more of a maniacal laugh in the face of your own destruction, a sort of ironic warm welcome to being swallowed up in a great catastrophe whether it’s on a universal scale or a personal scale. It’s an embrace of the cyclical nature of everything, even when that means your own destruction.” – Ethan Tyrer on ‘(giant vacuum)’
In addition to the single, Tyrer released a music video for ‘(giant vacuum)’. You can view the video below or via his YouTube channel. Please note, the video uses image and lighting effects that can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.
For more from Gorus, check out his official website, Instagram and Spotify.
This artist was discovered via Musosoup #sustainablecurator
