Krissy Adaluz pulls no punches with “In the Medium,” as it swells with dark energy, emotional rawness, and an eerie sense of presence. Right from the jump, you’re sucked into a thick, droning atmosphere laced with metallic pulses and glitchy textures that feel like they’re crawling through your headphones. It’s trip-hop at its most ominous, massive beats tapping through a soundscape that sounds half dream, half psychological thriller. Krissy’s husky, falsetto, cracked and commanding voice cuts through it all in layers, as if she’s exorcising pain in real-time. It’s haunting and hypnotic, like Björk’s emotional chaos collided with Massive Attack’s sonic weight in a haunted Brooklyn basement.
The production is bedroom-born but industrial-strength. It’s wild to think this began on a busted HP laptop back in 2017, with synths made by hammering laptop keys. Now, with pro gear and nearly a decade of evolution, the track sounds like a cold spark in the dark, clean, dangerous, and emotionally loaded. What makes it even more compelling is how autobiographical it feels. This is a sonic diary entry from someone who’s walked through emotional minefields and lived to score them. “In the Medium” becomes a place, a mental purgatory shaped by childhood chaos and adolescent anxiety.
Lines like “You can’t blame me for becoming a monster in your darkest hour” hit because reclaiming darkness fearlessly, bringing that poetic justice aspect to the song, goes pretty hard. Every echo, every string tremble, every robotic whir adds to this epic wall of sound that makes your skin crawl in the best way. “In the Medium” is a ghost you learn to dance with.
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Review by: Naomi Joan