Void Of Vision Bare Their Souls In New Single ‘Empty’
There really is no band that can do it like Void Of Vision. One of the most innovative and fresh bands coming out of the Australian scene, the quartet from Melbourne are always delivering from the heart. The latest release ‘Empty‘ proves exactly that.
A follow-on from last year’s standalone single ‘Angel of Darkness‘, new track ‘Empty‘ speaks of a personal journey that beloved frontman Jack Bergin went through following medical issues.
“‘Empty’ was written halfway through our Australian tour in October last year,” shares Bergin. “We’d just completed our first run of shows back since I had surgery following a brain AVM rupture in April, which left me facing mixed emotions I didn’t expect. On one hand, we were playing our largest ever headline shows to date and selling them all out, and on the other I was facing the fear of getting up on stage every night risking another potential rupture every set I played.
Performing under the ‘Angel Of Darkness’ persona for the single campaign, I’d get up on stage and play it down from the usual high energy show we’re known for, leaving every second of gratitude or appreciation to be communicated by a backing track in between songs to communicate with the audience… A protective measure sure, yet I felt vapid and far from the engaging stage 88persona that had led us to playing these bigger stages in the first place. We were at the peak of our career and I felt nothing but imposter syndrome up where I usually feel most at home.
Everything quickly snowballed into more bottled up emotions surfacing, all of a sudden finding myself coming to terms with unprecedented body dysmorphia after my hospital stay. I had never even processed losing all my hair from alopecia until I had to return to societal norms after hiding away for months straight off the back of touring. I’d just been diving into a world of fashion and makeup trying to cover everything up just to hide my face and body in a world where I couldn’t avoid comments and remarks, no matter how I presented myself.”
“Following the Sydney date of tour we found ourselves in the studio on an off day, laying down the foundations of what would by the end of the day, become ‘Empty’,” Bergin concludes. “I took the first words off the top of my dome, and screamed that chorus at the top of my lungs, leaving the take from that very demo the exact same as the intro in the final track you hear today. It feels suiting to return now with a song all about perception, not only by the public but also one self… and it feels like true growth now feeling entirely realized and ready for whatever is to come.”
‘Empty‘ goes for the jugular. Emotionally raw and heavy, the vulnerability of this track saturates it. From the stripped-back music video to the screaming of the chorus, there is no pomp and circumstance. It leaves no ounce of doubt that we are in fact heading into the next phase of Void of Vision‘s journey and it’s only going to get more exciting.
Words by Kayla Hamilton @kaylazomboid
You can stream ‘Empty‘ here.
