The Shape’s debut LP arrives like a transmission from two different worlds—icy synths and haunted melodies on one side, bruised emotion and a voice that refuses to be background noise on the other. The New Jersey-and-Toronto-based trio stretch the borders of synth-pop into something stranger and more urgent, channeling heartbreak, dread, and fleeting euphoria through analog textures and an almost confrontational sense of vulnerability.

Mastered by Ryan Santos Phillips (Lux Perpetua NYC), The Shape pulses with the emotional volatility of a hardcore show and the sleek magnetism of underground club music. The band—Kevin Iavaroni, Ben Waugh, and Autumn Easterbrook—carve out a sound that’s hard to pin down but impossible to ignore: deeply melodic, emotionally charged, and just dangerous enough to keep you leaning in. An arresting debut from a band that treats genre like a weapon, not a rulebook.