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Copyright Dajana Golke, 2024
Copyright Dajana Golke, 2024
Copyright Dajana Golke, 2024
Copyright Dajana Golke, 2024
BIOGRAPHY
Empathy Test is an independent modern synth-pop band formed in London, UK, by childhood friends Isaac Howlett (vocals / songwriting) and Adam Relf (production / composition). The pair captivated listeners around the world with their bedroom-produced, self-released debut track, Losing Touch.
Since then, Empathy Test has released three stunning studio albums: Losing Touch (Remastered) and Safe From Harm in 2017 and Monsters in 2020. They released a live album, Time to Be Alive in 2022. Their big, dramatic sound swoons ecstatically between the nostalgic and immediate, earning them comparisons with classic acts such as Depeche Mode and A Flock of Seagulls, as well as modern synth-pop acts like CHVRCHES, Purity Ring and Hurts.
Despite being offered more than their fair share of record deals, Empathy Test has chosen to make their own path, building their own dedicated fanbase, which now includes legendary electronic musician Midge Ure, Spanish actress Ester Exposito, Saffron Sprackling of Republica, and Culture Club's Boy George, who described them as “a musical orgasm” via his official Twitter account.
Empathy Test performs live with the help of David Leisser (drums) and Nadine Green (synthesiser).
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FACEBOOK: 21,000
INSTAGRAM: 12,000
TWITTER: 8,000 (no longer in use)
SPOTIFY: 33,000
BANDSINTOWN: 8,000
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PRESS QUOTES
"Empathy Test wouldn’t sound out of place snaking into the soundtrack of Netflix series Stranger Things’"
- The Line of Best Fit
"Gorgeous, sumptuous future pop which arrives dripping in synthesised sounds, there are nods towards Depeche Mode here alongside 21st century producers such as Purity Ring." - Clash
"Empathy Test deliver tear-streaked New Wave featuring twinkling synth pads and drum machine hits so wet (from the crying, presumably) that they’d throw Phil Collins into a jealous rage." - Idolator
"Emotional electronic music with a depth in its measure." - Earmilk
"Like M83, Purity Ring and CHVRCHES, Empathy Test draw from pop and cinematic scores in equal measure and come up with a big dramatic sound that swoons ecstatically between the nostalgic and immediate." - KCRW
“A set of songs lovers of 80s synth pop will be drooling over the minute the first verse has been heard. More Visage than Mode, more pop than dance and not a smudge of eyeliner in sight." - Louder Than War