It is a widely accepted fact that any song of value can stand up to reinterpretation or remix, reimagination or reworking, proof that it is the idea at the core that is the real songwriting art rather than just soaking something in as many sonic layers as needed to make it fly.
‘Invisible’ is the sound of that idea at work, and rather than wait for others to put the song to the test, the fabulously named Energy Whores have put their own song out in four different sonic forms, less remixes, more four potential futures for one song, a band answering the “what if…?” before anyone even asks.
Admittedly, all four owe something to the synth-pop and dance world, but those are such broad sonic spectrums that this hardly matters. The opening, synth-pop version, is a wonderful blend of groovesome and shimmering electronica, made at the poised, polished cutting edge, and a hymn to those people who slip silently through our lives unseen. Not just those who anonymously keep the hospitality and health, shop and service industries, and therefore the modern world, firing on all cylinders, but those more personal to us who we often fail to notice when they need us most.
The Lo Fi Version is suitably understated, poised and restrained, piano-led and slightly melancholic; the Cinematic Version washed and wonderful, delicate and all the more diametrically dramatic for its subtle sonic understatement, and the Indie Version reminds us that this is a band that is equally at home with old-school analog instruments as they are being digitally dexterous.
Whether chasing the groove or capturing atmosphere, there is a version here for every one of you, and no matter what they do with the song or what form it takes, Energy Whores deliver something near-perfect every time.
And that is exactly the point.
