In their own words: “Edless is a project born in 2013, driven by the fascination for the emotional and melancholic music of the 90s. The sound of the band is distinguished by basic alternative experimentation where analogue and digital inputs are mixed to support a clear and direct melody.”
Their music is a wonderful blend of semi-loft, nostalgic electronic beats and sounds and alternative rock. To my delight, it’s more on the electronic side, and I love that as I am a fool for all things synthy! Now, I don’t know what the band’s influences/references are (and it’s always a fun game to try and guess!), but in terms of melodic structure, I can definitely hear some psychedelic rock and some prog rock, like Pink Floyd, Eloy, Yes and maybe Electric Light Orchestra. Imagine if one of those bands wrote a song with the sound of The XX and the electronic soundscapes and atmosphere of a song in a coming-of-age movie on Netflix. We are getting closer to the sound of the album!
But this album is more diverse than that. In general, I love the raw sound of the drums and the combination of that and drum machines. There is a great balance of the use of rock band instruments and synthesiser sounds, and the vocals are soft, melodic and expressive. Songs like ‘At Last’ and ‘Blank’ are more reminiscent of Muse and Radiohead in their softness and slight melancholy, but the characteristic stacking of soft harmonies, including low vocals and high, expressive falsetto, is definitely a thing from the late 90s and early 00s, and permeates the whole album.
‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘Zero’ are songs that bring to mind bands like The Cure, The Smiths and a little bit of Joy Division, as the bass lines are much busier and prominent in those tracks, the vocals and guitars much more washed in reverb, but not in a very shoegaze way. It’s a dreamy, hazy vibe that adds to the overall soundtrack-y vibe of the album.
I thoroughly enjoyed the album, 7 songs (yay, no album fillers!) and 31 minutes long, just right to have it on repeat for a couple of times 😉
The album was released in 2023, and now the band has a new single out, freshly released in 2025, called ‘First Try’.
There is a very interesting continuation, as well as an evolution, here. The soft, layered vocals are ever present, as well as the reverb-washed guitars. The production and mixing are considerably different and more modern in this song, and most importantly, the guitars are much heavier, with more layers, more distorted riffs and more complicated parts. The bass is also heavier, and the drums, straight from that awesome intro played on the toms, sound more modern, heavier, and fatter.
There are no synths present in the same way they were in the album; perhaps only some sounds have been used to blend with the atmosphere created by the guitar, but overall, this is now definitely guitar-centric and reminds me a lot of some prog bands’ sound style, more accurately Steve Wilson’s projects, Porcupine Tree and Blackfield.
Personally, I am a fan of that style. After listening to the new song, I think it’s great that they’re changing direction while retaining all the great elements from the previous album. Very curious to listen to a whole album in this new style!
Written by Spiros Maus
