Sin Cos Tan used an AI to generate the video for its song “Endless” and the resultant animated visuals are like a rapidly flowing mix of imagery somewhere between manga and MC Escher but in full color. It just looks so illustrative and otherworldly it suits the song well. The measured pace of the song allows its sounds to soar, welling up with heartbreak. The dual vocals seem to dance in tandem with an uplifting rhythm and soft synth tones, a bell tone carrying the melody. The net effect is a little like an retrofuturist update of the video for the song “Take On Me” by A-ha (1985) but with a modern synth pop sound that draws on a sense of nostalgia to enrich its emotional impact. You hear in the lyrics those dreaded words “It’s time we talk, I promise it won’t take long” that inevitably lead to the breakup, one that leaves you confused and cast adrift like it’s never going to end. The lyrics “endless coming down” and “broken coming down” expresses that feeling so well, the way it can feel like being pushed into a dissociative coping state that puts you in a spiral of experiencing that moment of heartbreak over and over again until the ache of the experience is exhausted. And yet the sound of the song is one that seems hopeful because at least there is an ending and the bittersweet agony can last only as long as a song if you want it to. Watch the video for “Endless” on YouTube and follow the Finnish synth pop band Sin Cos Tan on Spotify.
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