Energy Whores releases ‘Invisible’ EP

Hailing from New York City, Energy Whores was formed in a Manhattan closet and driven by the multidisciplinary vision of founder Carrie Schoenfeld, resulting in a project that lands in the overlap between music, visual art and social commentary. A singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker, screenwriter and fine artist, Carrie views each release as part of a wider creative conversation, using sound to question human behaviour, moral contradictions and the uncomfortable realities that are often ignored.

Energy Whores began with a desire to make music that could carry bigger questions and early collaboration with guitarist Attilio Valenti helped map out the project’s ambitions, while its name originated with a song Carrie penned in 2019 about climate change and humanity’s collective indifference towards it. From the arrival of debut release “No Angel” in 2021, the project has continued to leap through electropunk, hyperpop and avant-electro, gradually becoming less a band in the traditional sense and more a creative platform.

Their journey took another turn following Attilio’s departure, as Carrie ventured further into her own artistic vision. The resulting album Arsenal of Democracy arose against a backdrop of global uncertainty and unrest, continuing Energy Whores’ interest in subjects that go well beyond the personal. War, authoritarianism, climate collapse, consumer culture and technological alienation have all found their way into the project’s music, creating an alternative electronic language that can be melodic and inviting while remaining able to unsettle.

Now, the project enters a new phase with Mexican-born producer and DJ Grant joining as a core collaborator. Grant brings decades of experience within underground electronic music, having founded Union Jack Records and received support from Seth Troxler, Atish, Pezzner and Sasse. After returning to the spotlight in 2025 with Sidefoot Step on SpekuLLa Records, his creative perspective now connects New York’s underground scene with his life on the Pacific coast of Baja California. Alongside Carrie’s conceptual approach, that experience provides another dimension to Energy Whores’ constantly shifting sound.

The latest release comes with the EP titled Invisible, capturing that spirit of experimentation through four versions of a single song. By not presenting conventional remixes, the four-track EP treats each interpretation as its own world; “Invisible,” “Invisible (Lo Fi Version),” “Invisible (Cinematic Version)” and “Invisible (Indie Version)” retain the same lyrics and melodic tone while radically altering instrumentation, production, atmosphere, rhythm and emotional perspective.

At the centre of the song itself is the feeling of existing in plain sight while somehow becoming unseen, socially transparent, overlooked, disconnected or erased. Written and performed by Carrie, with Grant producing, mixing and mastering and Attilio contributing guitar, the track becomes an experiment in how musical context can transform meaning. The synth pop version kick starts the EP with pulsing bass notes and tapped percussion as Carrie’s bubbling vocal layers flicker and stutter before the track rolls into a grooving soundscape brimming with colourful instrumentation and catchy melodic leads.

The lo-fi interpretation introduces intimacy and haze, flowing with crisp drums and woozy instrumental textures to reframe the song in a dreamy setting full of delicate tones and wrapped in a soothing musical fabric. The Cinematic version expands into a dazzling scene where drifting instrumental elements and soft rhythmic sway gradually builds with rustling percussion and mellow vocal delivery, offering a thoroughly mesmeric take on the song.

The final outing, the Indie version, brings an organic edge where synths, keys, warm bass and pattering drums crafts a grooving jam that delivers a charming musical experience of wide appeal. With Invisible, Energy Whores turn one song into four distinct encounters with the same feeling. It’s melodic, experimental, cinematic and human, viewing one song from multiple angles and each one reveals something different about what it means to disappear while still being seen.

Commenting on the release, they share, “Invisible is about what it feels like to be standing right there and still not be seen — to become transparent to the people and the world around you. I think most of us have felt invisible at some point, whether it comes from age, loneliness, being overlooked or simply feeling disconnected from everything around us.”

Listen to Invisible below