With the amount of buzz they’ve received in the underground music scene, Jane Remover has been blowing up. If you have not heard of the 21-year-old genre-bending artist, they have been releasing songs under the Jane Remover name (and a variety of others) since around 2019.
After two albums with some critical acclaim (and around 100 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify), Remover released four singles, gaining a whole new audience with the new sound.
On January 1, 2025, Remover released the even more enthralling single, “JRJRJR,” for their forthcoming third album, Revengeseekerz. On April 4, with no release date announced and one more single released, the album was surprise-dropped with a couple of short posts from the artist and the label. Revengeseekerz has gained a certain amount of popularity, giving Remover over 500 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify and a sold-out tour.
With the release of Remover’s sophomore album, Census Designated, we got a much slower and rock-oriented sound. That album opened with “Cage Girl / Camgirl,” a slow and dreamy guitar song with poetic lyricism. Revengeseekerz starts off with “TWICE REMOVED,” which is like a hard punch to the ears with its heavy 808s, autotuned vocals, fast drum loops, and a bucket-load of noise surrounding the entire track.
The second track, “Psychoboost,” has Remover’s first-ever feature on a song with Danny Brown. Brown has had his foot in the experimental hip hop scene for over 10 years now, with six studio albums released. The track takes inspiration from the hardstyle genre with its high energy and booming dance sound, becoming one of the first of the style from Remover. After almost a minute of instrumentals, Brown and Remover counter each other
“Star people” is another highlight of the tracklist, with its front half loaded with jerk-style beats and fast and aggressive hi-hats while Remover sings/raps about living with fame. About halfway through, the song slows down to a melodic guitar song with some of Remover’s best vocal riffs on the entire album.
What I believe to be the best and most interesting track on the album is the genre-bending “Experimental Skin.” Starting with a wall of shoegaze-distorted guitars with Remover’s vocals screaming in the background, the song slowly builds up into a rage track with the most addictive melodies playing over and over again. After even more buildup, the song finally ends with a hardstyle dance beat that is so refreshing to hear after everything before.
The fifth track, “Angels in camo,” starts off with a very prominent synth and vocal chop before getting hit with a sharp rage beat. Throughout the song, we hear a lot of references to angels and to religion, with Remover’s heavily tuned vocals singing it.
“Dreamflasher” is the most straightforward track with its repeating vocal melody over a fast and aggressive rage beat. This does not mean it is the most simple, though, including a variety of samples from the Mario and Sonic video games.
“TURN UP OR DIE,” the name of the tour and the seventh track of the record, is the most chaotic experience I’ve had with a song in a while. With so many samples, beat switches, noises, samples, and crazy instruments driving the whole thing, this song is sure to stick linger.
The second single, “Dancing with your eyes closed”, is probably the most danceable song on the album (hence the title). With the production being mostly hyperpop and edm oriented, the vocals have this poppy and bright tone with a variety of electronic instruments floating around.
“Fadeoutz” is the least interesting track for me. It houses some interesting jungle beats to it and some nice guitar riffs, but fails to do anything too interesting or different from the others.
“Professional Vengeance” is the most original track of the bunch, taking inspiration from some of Remover’s very early work. It has a much more prominent digi-core sound to it than any of the other tracks. Its ending is also a very powerful soundscape.
“Dark night castle” serves as a slowdown of the album, leading into the heavy and loud “JRJRJR”. This track is the most somber with its lyrical themes and vocal melodies.
“JRJRJR” is the lead single of the project and the most straightforward rap song on the album. With constant rapping over a heavy rage-style beat, Remover talks about returning to their old style while thinking, “Should I change my name again?”. Even though the sound of the previous track would have worked as a stereotypical closer, the album lyrically finishes off with a song surrounding self-reflection in a way Remover has never talked about it before
Jane Remover is an artist who can change up their sound with positive results almost every single time. Revengeseekerz is out now on all streaming services!
