Two moons held by gravity
Two eyes speaking blasphemy
Two hands conjure alchemy
Will you remember me?
Vancouver Island’s Avro steps into the flickering light of obsession with Psychopathé, a song that trembles on the edge between desire and danger. Out October 17th via Warranty:Void Records, the single feels like the blush of attraction seen through the red filter of a fevered mind. It sways between invitation and warning, between the romance of illusion and the menace of knowing it can’t last.
Driven by subterranean basslines and spectral synths, Psychopathé unfolds with the poise of an old European film, its glamour tinged with unease. A voice, close and distant at once, murmurs commands to dance, to surrender, to believe that “it’s only fantasy.” But the listener suspects otherwise. There’s a ghost behind the glass, directing every movement with a lover’s precision and a puppeteer’s control.
Avro’s lineage runs deep through the veins of synthpop and cold wave, yet it also nods toward the decadent pulse of disco’s nocturnal side. Echoes of Human League, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Eurythmics, and even Cerrone can be heard whispering through Psychopathé, each influence refracted through Percy’s own strange alchemy. There’s a sense of movement through time: the shimmer of ’80s futurism, the sigh of post-punk detachment, the glittering menace of Giallo’s erotic grandeur.
The accompanying video deepens the illusion. Drenched in colour and unnervingly deliberate, it feels like a hallucination, or perhaps an autopsy of one. Slow motion gestures, underwater sequences, and expressionist angles suggest a director guiding his muse from some unlit room beyond the reel. It’s both intimate and estranged, a cinema of control and surrender.
“I’ve been a long-time fan of Giallo films – the intense colours, the shadows and contrast, and the surreal mashup of sex and danger,” explains Avro mastermind Adam Percy. “They’re a dark but modern fantasy. It’s easy to get lost in images and miss what’s happening around you; that’s part of the terror and the joy. I was definitely channeling this idea while writing this song.” That influence is everywhere: in the way the melody gleams like wet paint, in the way each beat feels framed by chiaroscuro. The track could score a scene of satin curtains closing on a secret no one will confess.
Watch the video for Psychopathé below:
Avro’s history hums beneath the surface. Since 2016’s Anatomy Act EP and the duo album Futuretroactivism in 2022, Percy has blended synth-pop elegance with the introspective chill of cold wave. The new work distills these influences into something sleeker, more fevered; a mirror polished by solitude.
Touring across Canada and remixing for Bif Naked, Avro has kept the flame alive through festivals and late nights in studio exile. With the Psychopathé EP arriving January 16, 2026, Percy stands poised between decadence and discipline. In his world, fantasy is both the narcotic and the cure. The music asks for nothing but belief…and perhaps a final dance beneath the velvet curtain.
Listen to the Psychopathé EP, and order here.
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