SHYLER – “Disguise”

Soft guitar strumming melts into SHYLER’s expert storytelling in latest release “Disguise”. The song begins and ends with the same verse – bringing the listener around in a circle as a true written story would: “my memories have died in the darkest place I’ll hide. There’s a whisper in my ear saying everything’s alright.” Perhaps the largest testament to SHYLER’s lyrical ability in this song is that it effortlessly combined stunning verses with the instrumental writing “patiently waiting till I’m facing Satan, I wanted to ask him the cause of the aching. I’ll never get through it, the pain’s deeply rooted. The moment I met you, I knew I was ruined.” The song is prologue, rising action, climax, and epilogue – taking time to deliberately hold space for different pieces of the story. In the middle of the song, the pace slows and SHYLER hypnotically sings “stay down, cus I’m freefalling straight to hell.” SHYLER’s sound is reminiscent of KillStation – but SHYLER is an individual who has not only joined the ranks of the incredibly talented emo revival occurring in the underground, but has begun individualizing their sound within it. SHYLER is one to look out for.