If you know who Jane Remover is, you most likely know who Venturing is by now. Remover, the mind behind Venturing, released their first album under the alternate moniker on February 14, 2025.
The 21-year-old artist has a variety of sounds, inhabiting several monikers for the artist. While Remover released multiple glitched-out, sample-heavy pop albums under their alias, Leroy, on Soundcloud in the early 2020s, the Venturing handle had never had a full release. Remover announced the upcoming release of the 13-track record at exactly 1 AM on a Friday morning in December, along with the 3rd single, “Famous Girl.” About a month later, after the release of a single under the main Jane Remover project and an announcement of their third studio album, Remover released their fourth and final single under the Venturing alias.
“Play my guitar” sets the tone of the album with its slow, melancholic chords against Remover’s pleading vocals, saying that they have a “feeling you’re gonna go.” The song builds into a somewhat anticlimactic and abrupt ending, being one of the more forgettable tracks.
“No Sleep” opens up with an erratic drum pattern.
“The odd drum rhythm throws me off a bit, making it my least favorite,” said sophomore Adrian Lumba.
Continuing with the hollowed-out mix of the drums, Remover’s vocals are the highlight of the track as they riff and flip them throughout the track.
“Believe” is a lofi-slacker rock cut with a sensual guitar tone under Remover’s pleading vocals. While many agree that it is a highlight of the album, it comes off as a little bit of a filler track for me.
“Guesthouse” acts as the turning point of the album. After the upbeat and romantic “Believe,” “Guesthouse” strips it back to just a guitar, vocals, and a lot of static/noise. The best part of the track, though, is the emotion behind every single lyric.
“Spider” is where the tracklist starts to sound a little heavier and darker. Sophomore Zoe Valverde said, “After the first listen, my favorite was “Spider” because of the weird dissonant chords.” While it may not be my personal favorite, it is probably the most interesting track on the album.
“Recoil” is the most straightforward cut of the bunch. This fast-paced three-minute track feels like a song directly from a 90s garage band manipulated with electronic effects. But, being one of the least experimental tracks, it gives Remover the ability to have some of their most powerful vocals on the mix.
“Something Has to Change” is a singer-songwriter and somewhat folky track with Remover’s vocals dancing over the guitar melody. Similar to “Guesthouse”, the track is stripped back to a guitar, vocals, and noise, but more fast-paced and more intensified vocals.
“Dead Forever” is the breakout single of the record, keeping its number one spot on Venturing’s music profiles since its release.
“After my first listen, I would say Dead Forever was my favorite track and Spider was my least favorite track,” said Senior Rue Simpson.
The track, being the heaviest and loudest, has Remover screaming over the distorted instruments.
“We don’t exist” is the most consistent track of the record. With its lofi/indie sound, it is reminiscent of the production of Mk.gee’s earlier work. Remover’s vocals are some of the most pleading and emotive on this track, with one particular riff that melts my brain, The lyrics, while being some of the best, are the most comprehensible and direct.
“Sick / relapse” is the climax of the album. Starting off slow and melodic, the track builds into layers of guitar distortion and heartbreaking lyrics. The song also quickly interpolates one of Remover’s most popular songs, “search party.”
“Famous girl” is an upbeat and reflective cut of the record reminiscing about memories over fast and energetic guitar riffs.
“Halloween,” similar to “Dead forever”, is a loud and heavy track. While it’s a bit slower than “Dead forever,” Remover’s vocals are a little bit foggier. While the track sounds nice to the ears, it’s too repetitive to be a very memorable track.
When Remover went on their “Designated Dreams” tour in early 2024 after the release of their 2023 album, Census Designated, they played an unreleased track rumored to be named “Sister” on a couple of tour dates. Fast forward almost eight months later, on September 26 (Remover’s Birthday), the song was officially released under the Venturing name. Combining elements of slacker rock and indie rock, Remover ends off the album with a somber and bittersweet ending reflecting on their fame, addiction, love life, and mental health.
Ghostholding comes out to be a successful project from Venturing (and Remover alike), hopefully leading to future projects continuing with this lofi-garage-grunge-rock sound. Listen to Ghostholding by Venturing out on all platforms right now!
