Asteron, a modern rock project, helmed by producer, songwriter and artist Tom Hatizemanouel, better known as TommyHatz has released his latest single, “Love Bites.” Released this Aug 16, he features the talented LA singer, Linn Holmstedt aka Linn Holmes.
“Love Bites” is apparently a cover of the original song by English rock band Def Leppard. And this cover is marked by angst, passion and volatility. The song starts with immersive music droning out with a beat and Linn Holmstedt wailing out with a tremble in her raspy, tender, and thick voice. She asks, “When you make love, do you look in your mirror/Who do you think of/Does she look like me?”
As every line ends, the LA singer and songwriter’s emotive voice soars agonizingly. The utter honesty in her lyrics sounds almost psych, especially with the immersive beginning of the song that prolongs to more than a minute. But before halfway into the song, her voice soars to a high, shrill point with a harmonizing effect and crashes down hard with the gnarling distorted guitars and smacking drums. Yeah, it’s the chorus. It’s the boiling point with all the frustrations reaching their peaks and you can sense it by the way her vibrato trails out.
The refrains keep pushing on with the blazing guitars and the crashing drums. On the other hand, her screams get all the more climactic till they die out and leave an edgy, almost glitchy and blaring ending.
Listen to “Love Bites” if you want to let go of your pent-up heartbreak. And definitely stay tuned because Asteron has more singles coming up soon.
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Review by: Naomi Joan