Diandra Reviews It All

Andy Warhol seems to fascinate people because he was a purveyor of “the fascinating”. He picked up humanity’s penchant for images, and human beings’ own desire to become symbols. Whether a picture cuts off or reveals humanity is certainly a question, but the point is that it grabs our attention. The need to be seen and heard without a challenge as to if or what we are seeing or hearing is where Sensor builds Andy Warhol’s Dream.
Trevor Sensor – High Beams (Official Video)

I reviewed Trevor Sensor’s EP,Starved Nights of Saturday Stars , and relayed him as the Holden Caufield of music. I could not help but imagine Sensor like The Catcher In The Rye protagonist when he sits in the park by the carousel watching his younger, innocent sibling Phoebe. Sensor sings his songs as if he is watching childlike naivety ride around amongst lights and inanimate objects that look how “living things” should look like. His voice grates, drawls, and wisps in the agony and euphoria of being the only one who sees behind human facades. “On Your Side”, “Stolen Boots”, and “Andy Warhol’s Dreams” are all about buying time, trinkets, and into tropes, while falsely feeling like you own either. Thus, my Holden Caufield comparison is not “off” in that JD Salinger wrote the coming of age tale as a covert coping mechanism for his own WWII traumas; believing that, in the end, no matter what you try to hold onto, whether constructed by your mind or concrete to your heart, it all fades. Sensor reveals that growing up can feel like a war especially, in this age, where likes, reposts, and promotions seem to boil down genuine, human connection.“High Beams”,“Sedgwick”, and “The Money Gets Bigger”, exude that ingratiated need to be “someone” with that latter track literally having Sensor repeat, “I’m going to be someone tonight”. Again, he scuffs and minces his vocals as if every word was an emotional needly spiking him as it came out, which is a rightful portrayal when singing to humanity’s self-destructive penchants for self-aggrandizement. Although I cannot say that humanity’s addiction to fame is “new” as much as it has gained higher stakes. History is written according to the names that lived past their lifetimes, for better or worse, of which even now there are people whom aim for such legendary status despite, morality. It is in that essence Sensor finds his own satirical and serious commentary on morality.
Trevor Sensor – The Money Gets Bigger (Official Video)

Instrumentally, Sensor’s music ranges in genre inspiration; from country to splashes of indie pop. Yet, there is a folk-rock vibe to his music that is unshakable, despite all his sonic experimentation. He glints keys, flosses chords, and spouts drum-rolls like a man looking through a treasure box of gold, but not seeing how it shines. For however much he deconstructs his arrangements and narratives, he is pulled by a desire to not see the look of “gold” people put on, but understand the reason they want to shine. For More Information On Trevor Sensor And To Buy Andy Warhol’s Dream On June 16 Click Here.