Polish rock outfit Seven Nation Army (7NA), founded and steered by guitaristโvocalist Jarek Balsamski, has lived several musical lives since emerging from Krakรณwโs alternative scene and finding early success on MySpace in 2007. Their debut EP Heavy Guitars & Sexy Vocals (2010) and albums Cold (2013) and Secret (2018) established them as a high-energy modern rock unit with melodic grit. But now comes a full-circle twist, with the 2025 album Electro Time, flashing neon for the synth-rich โ80s, best for all its electropop, synthrock, synthpop, polished enough for todayโs dancefloor and emotional enough to scream from any rooftop. The latest lineup pairs Balsamski with vocalist Olga Ostrowska, and together they dive into retro futurism smugly.
Right from the opening track, โI Donโt Care,โ the record wastes no time showing its cards. Shimmering synth swells, sparkling cymbals, and tumbling beats set the scene like a fluorescent arcade sign. Balsamskiโs sharp, high vocal bursts in, emphatic and urgent, sprinting and chasing liberation, escaping the tugs of negotiation.
Later in the set, โYou Always Know Betterโ switches the mood to a tense confrontation. A deep bass line stalks beneath hard thumping beats while the vocal bites back against control and presumption. Itโs got that classic โ80s push-and-pull, with danceable frustration, if you like, where emotional turmoil meets pure synth adrenaline.
By Track 11โs โFuture,โ the band leans into darker sparks. A vibrant, suspense-driven synth groove churns, drums pacing. Balsamski drops into his lower register, agonized, emotional, wounded yet determined, as he sings of self-reliance.
Across Electro Time, Seven Nation Army trade guitars for glittering circuitry but keep the emotional voltage cranked high. Check it out on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan