There is a particular calmness to the newest Infinity Crush album, it can nearly bring you to a tranquil state. It is ethereal and warm, yet dark, intimate, and brooding. Caroline White, performing as Infinity Crush, released the lo-fi bedroom pop album Warmth Equation in September. It addresses heavy themes and maintains a gloomy ambiance with songs such as “drowning here with all my friends,” “everything being still,” and “simple.”
The albums opens with the mystical “drowning here with all my friends.” It has a simple chord arrangement and properly displays White’s sublime high-pitched vocals. The song ends with a sound resembling the pattering of rain on a rooftop.
“everything being still” sounds exactly like the title—and its serene nature makes this ring true. Clearly a sort of breakup song, she repeats various sets of lyrics such as “you were mine” throughout the song. “whisper” is song that feels like a mirage, enhancing the overall feel of the album.
“lilacs” proves to be one of the more warm and airy songs, considering the ruminating lyrics– “when I see you I’m so dizzy/won’t you kiss me/til my lips bleed/ when I feel you/I’m so in love.” The naturalistic and majestic ambiance of this song in particular just feels like, what I would gather, is played a Pagan celebration or something of that sort. “flightless” has a similar sound, however White croons darker lyrics such as “you make me feel like a bird/without any wings.”
“spoiled” is the seventh track off the record and shows the shift in the timbre of the previous parts of the album. It is a bit more upbeat and orotund, but still maintains her modulated sound. The majority of the songs are around two minutes, except for “pete and pete,” which has a running time of 3:46. It continues with the more bubbly nature as that of previously described “spoiled” as well as the tenth song “over you.”
“heaven” is the closing track to Warmth Equation. This being the single of the album is a song about her father’s recent death—it inevitably deals with grief and loss, but also appears to be hopeful and simply just about existing, drawing back to the earthy themes of the rest of the album.