Synth Pop from Anjalts

Based in New York, multi-instrumentalist and producer Anjalts offers one of the most immersive and self-sufficient creative identities in the music sphere. Since first landing in 2020 with her debut single “Remember You,” she’s developed a highly personal sonic world built on emotive writing, atmospheric experimentation and a constant sense of artistic exploration. Across her growing catalogue, Anjalts has marked herself as an artist who constructs shifting emotional environments that listeners can get completely lost in.

Instilled in her work lies a recurring dialogue between humanity and the natural world and this relationship was most vividly explored on her 2023 debut album Air to Fire, a cinematic release inspired by her memories of the Amazon Rainforest. The record functioned as both creative statement and environmental reflection, pairing expansive sound design with lyrical themes that spoke to fragility, beauty and awareness. Through layered arrangements and enveloping production, Anjalts mapped out a clear vision to create sound as a way of processing the world around her.

That vision is strengthened by her complete creative autonomy; working as a composer, performer and producer, Anjalts controls every stage of her output, ensuring that each release remains fully in tune with her internal perspective. This independence has allowed her to move across styles, from ambient dreamscapes to more experimental pop rock directions and across three full-length albums, she’s continually reshaped her sonic identity. Now, with her recent single titled “Through the Fray,” Anjalts takes her voyage into more energising areas, opening up her sound to a more dance-leaning energy while retaining her atmospheric style.

The track lands an infectious synth motif layered over a bouncy bass groove and shuffling percussion, quickly laying down a rhythm as Anjalts’ restrained vocals drift above with silky melodic lines. The gliding bassline and percussive textures ripple through the arrangement, giving the song a constant sense of motion and tension as her reverb-tinged voice hovers above to form a catchy synth pop jam that’s memorable, energising and atmospheric all at once. Wrapped in a retro sonic fabric, the track evokes echoes of synth-driven eras associated with figures like David Bowie and the energy of Prince, but filtered entirely through Anjalts’ own artistic lens.

The song explores the psychological intensity of internal conflict, translating the experience of battling one’s own thoughts into a subtly melancholic alternative pop aesthetic. Set against the imagined backdrop of night time mental unrest, the track becomes a space where emotional turbulence is rendered into rhythm and movement while Anjalts constructs a surreal scene in which a mysterious figure leads someone up a moonlit hill, inviting them to escape the weight of everyday life through dance, drink and reverie.

Within this dreamlike setting, the protagonist confronts existential truths about time, mortality and escape, articulated through the simple but powerful idea that life is, as one voice in the song suggests, “a really short deal.” With her forthcoming fourth full-length album on the way, Anjalts shows no signs of slowing down on her prolific and highly original creative adventure and we can’t wait to see what this exciting new chapter brings.

Listen to Through the Fray below

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