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With this new collection of hard-hitting songs, Novulent brilliantly showcases his growth and evolution as an artist. Playing on the idea of evolution, this project represents Novulent’s further shift into the alt-rock sound as he begins a “new era.”
‘BEFORE EVOLUTION’ drops amid Novulent’s first headlining tour. Having already completed sold-out shows in Chicago and Los Angeles, the EVOLUTION TOUR will head to San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas this week before wrapping up at The Mercury Lounge in New York City on February 1.
Novulent is a 20 year old alt-rock/shoegaze artist from Dallas, Texas who is cementing himself as a front-runner in this new, emerging rock scene. Novulent originally started creating songs in Bandlab on his phone when he was 17 and uploading them to SoundCloud. He has seen previous success with his single “Scars” which currently sits at 111M streams on Spotify alone. The sound on Tik Tok has 264K creates. “Scars” also continues to stream in the region of 2.3M per week. Currently, Novulent has 2.3M monthly listeners on Spotify.
Aside from music, Novulent was going to school to become a tattoo artist initially and also really enjoys cooking, gaming, skateboarding, and anime. Novulent initially fell in love with music from watching anime TV shows like Dragon Ball Z as a young kid where he was first introduced to rock music. He’s always taken inspiration from hard rock music, shoegaze, and Midwest emo and wants to represent an amalgamation of all of those sonics.
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Novulent’s gift for storytelling shines on “death wish.” On the first verse, he spins a tale of a terrifying attraction. New Zealand-based artist whatsaheart counters with a siren’s song on the second verse, drawing him in deeper and deeper.
He explains, “The premise behind ‘death wish’ is a toxic relationship but very exaggerated, in order to be cinematic. A toxic relationship feels like a death wish – you feel like you’re actually dying and you’re going to be harmed by being around them. Your emotions are heightened.”
