Broken Telephone and NZ’s M V Z Rewire Shoegaze Through a Hip Hop Lens in ‘RSTRT’

Broken Telephone takes a sharp left turn with RSTRT, a hypnotic, glitch-infused shoegaze collaboration, with the now New Zealand-based M V Z, blending dream pop and rap-influenced production. Think: catchy melodies submerged in bitcrushed water.

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Hip hop in attitude, shoegaze in mood, the track feels like staring into a fluorescent fog. Broken Telephone’s vocal delivery, raw, bent and disembodied, floats somewhere between prayer and protest, inviting disorientation, while rewarding deep listening. 

The result is cinematic, surreal and utterly unclassifiable. It’s backed by a psychedelic video collage of abstract art and found media that builds on this ambiguity to echo the song’s chaotic dream logic.