A Los Angeles duo consisting of producer, guitarist, and vocalist Jess Labrador and bassist Shannon Madden, Chasms craft dreamy electronic pop tracks that sound both hypnotic and elusive. Basically, it’s the kind of sounds you would dance your loneliness away in a club whilst losing yourself in the clouds of the smoke machine. Co-produced and mixed by Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, their last offering, “Until It Happens To You”, boasts on this trippy vibe. However, the diaphanous atmosphere is weighed down by the heavy lyrics, which deal here with the empathy gap most of us have experienced when it comes to trauma and abuse. About the origins of the track, Jess Labrador explained:

[su_quote]I was examining my own empathy gap in relation to a friend who had shared an experience with me a long time ago that I initially (and very regretfully) did not take seriously until years later, when I found myself in a similar situation. Prior to that, I just did not and could not understand. After my own painful experience, I felt so isolated and easily dismissed. I kept thinking, “This is what that person felt like. No one knows what it feels like…until it happens to you. [/su_quote]

Chasms is the duo formed in 2011 by Jess Labrador and Shannon Madden. They recently announced the release of their sophomore album to be shared later this month via Los Angeles-based label felte. Created after major upheaval in the pair’s lives, the record is an exploration of grief and the multi-faceted heartbreak that follows such events.

This melancholy is definitely palpable in their new offering “Every Heaven In Between”, which follows up on “Shadow” and “Divine Illusions”. The ethereal electropop track is driven by Labrador‘s dramatic, ballroom-like drum production and angelic soprano vocals. Listen and watch the Marisol Baltierra-directed video below.

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