Leo Bhanji’s “Blood & Guts” is a moody alt-pop creation
Fuzzy homemade visuals and warped production make up the skeletal system of Leo Bhanji’s unique soundscapes. Creating music inspired by his love for computer games, this augmented reality is transformed into the stuttering visuals for his latest single, “Blood & Guts”.
London artist Leo Bhanji’s musical landscape is a jigsaw of distorted, fragmented scenes. His solitary figure is cast against a pulsating canvas, blending into the surrounding portraiture until his features are blurred, at times lost completely in the pixelated framework.
“I played around a lot with this song and tried to capture a whole train of thought quickly without filtering it too much or it being overly composed; I was picturing summers where I didn’t know why I was at events, wasn’t 100% sure I wanted to be there and kind of had to make an effort to let go and enjoy things” Bhanji explains.
“Since I’m done being a teenager now it’s interesting to recount what parts of those things stuck in my memories longest – I don’t have a good memory at all, but sometimes while I’m writing I’ll get a line that just brings things rushing back and colours the whole song with that quick glimpse.”
Inspired by pop punk and left-field R&B, the minimalist production allows the artist’s laidback vocals to take centre stage, his experimental layering delivered as nonchalantly as a shrug of the shoulders.
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