Throbbing bass, hypnotic vocals, big beats, complex melodies, and commentary on the zeitgeist—M4TR’s third studio album ‘Love Is The Revolution’ has all that and more. The 12-track album was released on June 23, 2025, and the word “love” is the common denominator running through this ambitious work. ‘Love Is The Revolution’ is about love in all its complexities: the euphoric, the messy, the chaotic, and the painful. Musically, M4TR delves deeper into synthpop, funk, and disco, conjuring hypnotic, massive dance anthems and quiet, personal ballads. M4TR continues to imagine a world, build worlds, and inhabit these imagined worlds in full color and in spectacular fashion.
“Let Love Turn This World Around”, the first single from the album, is a huge statement of intent right at the beginning. It sounds like a gospel choir before it sounds like a dance track, and it evokes a spirit of wanting to believe in something when everything around you is falling apart. “Hooks”, the second single from the album, is as summer-ready as any Ibiza chillout track but with the emotional weight of M4TR’s earlier work. “The Spektre” toys with darker elements with a haunting electronic collage on top of something unseen. “No Tomorrow”, on the other hand, harks back to earlier synthpop work with its anxious commentary on our time packaged in an irresistibly nostalgic retro sound. The second half of the album opens with a deep cut. “Just Out of Time” is an achingly beautiful slow jam, with its soft synths and pining vocals. “Coup de Grace” returns to the big melodrama with high stakes cinematic emotions.
“Siren Song” is both a bridge and a high point. The lyrics are dark, the beat is primal, and the vocals haunt like a promise. “Kill The Self” is a fierce, head-banging track about identity and ego—the fight with yourself in a messed-up world—before the ballad “Life Without Her”, which was the advance single for the album. It’s such a beautiful, disco-inspired song, a classic heartbreak ballad about loss and missing a loved one, but the orchestration and arrangement make you want to dance in the face of despair. “Fight The Good Fight” is a return to form for M4TR’s social commentary. Fighting for what you believe in is a constant theme throughout M4TR’s work, but this time it’s a little less militant and a little more uplifted. The title track “Love is the Revolution” is the climax of the album’s themes about love being messy, complicated, both destructive and healing, and perhaps the answer in a tumultuous world. “Polaris”, the final track, is like gazing up into the sky at a sea of stars after you’ve been through all this, with its twinkling synths and chillout atmosphere. It’s a triumphant closer to what is already a 12-track personal journey full of colors and contours, both macro and micro. ‘Love Is The Revolution’ is as much an inward-looking reflection as it is a statement for the world. It’s personal and expansive, all at the same time.
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