The music industry eats artists alive. After years of stylistic trailblazing, one would assume that fame, fans, competition, or money would alter the priorities of those who have been around the longest. Nevertheless, Bones, Xavier Wulf, and Greaf stay true to themselves, continue to innovate, drop when they want to drop, and take the risks that they want to take. Their new single, “LifeIsAMelody,” is a testament to this.
Bones and Xavier Wulf announced their third collaborative album Krater’s Atlas in April 2017. In October of that year, they released the intergalactic “CrashLanding” as the first single. The rollout has been dormant ever since. Without addressing the absence of Krater’s Atlas, Bones and Wulf drop “LifeIsAMelody” two years later. The HollowSesh captains move how they want to move, when they want to move.
It’s hard to be mad at the Krater’s Atlas delay when their new single is this good. Over a spine-chilling instrumental from Greaf, Bones hisses a serrated first verse, then Wulf semi-sings, like he does on the trio’s last collaboration, 2013’s “TryToStayInTheFrameThisTime.” Greaf’s snares caw across the mix as swift kicks hit a millisecond before the hi-hats do, rocking the beat like a ship on choppy seas.
The instrumental, titled “You Never Were,” initially dropped in 2014 as a part of Greaf’s album Until Then. The SoundCloud comment section of “LifeAsAMelody” includes dozens of observations like “2014 HOLLOWSESH IS BACK,” “2013-14 vibes fr,” and “this feels like 2014.” In the eyes of most SESHOLLOWATERBOYZ fans, this is a compliment.
Check out the latest chapter of the HollowSesh odyssey by listening to “LifeAsAMelody” below.