{"id":717964,"date":"2026-03-20T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/underscoress-u-standout-the-peace-is-a-drumless-heater\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:25:09","slug":"underscoress-u-standout-the-peace-is-a-drumless-heater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/underscoress-u-standout-the-peace-is-a-drumless-heater\/","title":{"rendered":"Underscores\u2019s U-standout \u201cThe Peace\u201d is a drumless heater"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25e9805c85c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed-1_iyxaxg\/underscores-u-the-peace-review.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Underscores\u2019s &lt;i&gt;U&lt;\/i&gt;-standout \u201cThe Peace\u201d is a drumless heater\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo courtesy of Underscores<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278814\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            My favorite Underscores (April Harper Grey) songs are historically drumless.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            That\u2019s why I found myself ironically most energized by the most understated track on Grey\u2019s new pop record, <i>U<\/i>, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxHxOxMxowQ\">The Peace<\/a>.\u201d The track centers around a vocoder chord progression that reminds me of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UYIAfiVGluk\">Imogen Heap <\/a>or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tw0wLOOGerc&amp;list=RDtw0wLOOGerc&amp;start_radio=1\">Frou Frou<\/a>. Grey takes the retro reference and updates it for a very 2026 tale of modern romance, telling the story of a love that develops through a shared vanilla vape and cigarette hits in Brooklyn, Coachella, and Europe.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278815\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Peace\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CxHxOxMxowQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278816\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            On it, Grey displays her tasteful aptitude for metaphor, seamlessly merging symbolism with clear emotional truth. \u201cLet&#8217;s find a hiding spot, I don&#8217;t want nobody bumming these,\u201d she sings after her and her crush\u2019s second encounter. It\u2019s subtle, but nevertheless relatably heart-tugging, as crushing and yearning collide with indecision and h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>enstance. It ends with Grey worrying about the inevitability of perpetual yearning: \u201cI couldn&#8217;t escape the vibe sleeping on the couch \/ It&#8217;s always been like this and it might be forever.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The song\u2019s production still develops while remaining on its central vocoder refrain, with reverb and new harmonies entering the picture. But the whole composition is restrained for an artist and producer who can throw everything at the wall and make it work, no matter the genre \u2014 be it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9zDeHOAP_g\">rock anthemics<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=igqLDdMpHMU\">proto-typical hyperpop-ified emo<\/a>, or <i>U<\/i>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_gkcxgNCM8\">light show-ready pop music<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278817\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Her prodigious production \u2014 always heavy on brain tingling detail and glitching flourishes \u2014 can sometimes obfuscate what I think is her strongest artistic quality: her songwriting. That\u2019s why I find myself returning to songwriting-forward tracks by Underscores like the yarn-like \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bzlh22IYYzE\">The fish song<\/a>\u201d (which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RxGkOUPh4jA\">Oklou recently covered<\/a>), or the at-first-crazy and then austerely simple \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ICF3yV_r4jQ&amp;list=RDICF3yV_r4jQ&amp;start_radio=1\">Gunk<\/a>,\u201d which features one of my favorite musical climaxes of the 2020s.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278818\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"underscores - Gunk (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICF3yV_r4jQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278819\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            I\u2019m glad to say that in \u201cThe Peace\u201d I found a new entry to one of my favorite micro-genres: Underscores\u2019s singer-songwriter heaters.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278820\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/u\/1878382378\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-278821\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1qSS0T6Ffrb3rFVpizzOuk?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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