If Destroyed Still True Explores Alt Rock Confidence and Sensitivity at The Same Time

If Destroyed Still True by MARKY WILDTYPE is an alt-rock genre-bending collection of tracks with impressive variety. Ebbing and flowing in power from track to track, the EP feels coherent in its high and low points while creating a memorable and free-flowing sound that stays with the listener long after they turn it off.

Opening with Tell Me Again, the EP asserts itself with the most aggressive, energetic, and powerful track right from the start. The signature of this song is this gorgeous heavy bassline full of distortion and crunch. It reminded me of the Bass in Exit Music For a Film by Radiohead or Hell of A Life by Kanye West in terms of its timbre. It feels bouncy and playful yet angular, sharp, and hostile simultaneously. This energy is matched by confident, raw vocals that deliver feelings of frustration and anger. This track has a lyric about rules proven by their exceptions. This sentiment feels relevant to the concept of bad people not being given the benefit of the doubt but also feels like a self-aware remark about how different this song is from other songs on the EP.

This track stands out in its energy and aggression compared to the other tracks, which feel more introspective, even in their more powerful moments. The next two tracks utilise beautiful acoustic guitar and piano compositions as the core of their melody. They employ moments of quiet that give the audience time to reflect on the lyrics. While still feeling confident, there is a vulnerability in the delivery that feels different from the rawness of the first track. Towards the end of the third track, Place Of Peace, MARKY WILDTYPE brings in some of that alt-rock momentum with faster strumming and the hiss of indie drums. This track feels the most diverse in timbre with its use of other string instruments and piano at the start, developing into strumming guitar and drums towards the end. It shows the spectrum of  WILDTYPE’s sound. 

I am amazed by the diversity on display and the fantastic execution of every pace and timbre MARKY WILDTYPE uses throughout the project. The fast and aggressive moments feel as powerful as the gentle and vulnerable ones.