Tonsil is an experimental musician who creates music that does not fit neatly into categories. Hailing from St. Louis, and performing behind a mask, this artist performs an alchemical process on the audience, transforming emotion into a volatile and potent music cocktail, all in the context of vocal performance and crossing over between genres. On new single “The Empty Shell”, Tonsil becomes a wolf of alt-pop battle cries to free the mind and spirit from loops that hurt. His journey has only started to awake listeners’ souls around the world.
In “The Empty Shell,” Tonsil delivers an incredibly powerful vocal performance that puts listeners on the edge of their seat throughout the track. With an aggressive electronic foundation that features intricate beats and rhythms, Tonsil unleashes raw vocals that transform into roars and powerful cries. It’s so powerful that every word is sung with a feral intensity, encompassing a vast dynamic range.The track is clean and polished to the point where Tonsil’s unpolished vocal ability can shine through the synths that progress into layers of organic elements before ending in an epic crescendo.
Tonsil showcases a near-perfect example of how to build a track’s main melody and create dynamic rhythms throughout the song. In this single, one can see how versatile he is as an artist, leaving Tonsil as an act of its own kind that does not have to conform to the usual mold. Listened with the appreciation of fans of authentic alt-pop carried by virtuosic vocals, the song is a powerful and visceral invitation to free oneself from the shells that might be damaging the mind and spirit.
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