Jay Ty – Dark Thoughts

Jay Ty embraces a bleak foreboding atmosphere on the heavy “Dark Thoughts”. Keeping things to the essentials the whole of the track explores a unique tension. Beats have an emotional quality to them hitting at just the right moment. Allowing things to take their time further amps up the anxiety that runs through the whole of the piece. Easily the highlight of it all comes from Jay Ty’s foreboding vocal delivery. With a fantastic flow it perfectly meshes with the eerie quality of the track. Layer upon layer filter into the mix further adding to the overall insular quality of the work. Akin to a stream of consciousness or a therapy session, the track works wonders in weaving its way into the mind.

                A cryptic vocal introduces the piece. This childlike sense of innocence allows the whole of the work to have an unrelentingly hopeless quality to it. Upon the introduction of Jay Ty’s flow into the mix things start down a winding path. Melodically rich the many elements intermingle swirling about in an uneasy way. Usage of beats feels particularly fresh for Jay Ty ensures that they serve an alternative purpose beyond simply keeping time. With each hit of the beat the whole of the work has a heavy quality one that feels overall queasy. For the final stretch things keep going down this intense rabbit hole.               

  With “Dark Thoughts” Jay Ty explores a tragic headspace, one that has such intensity to it.