Albums
The Hurtless
2025
Genre: Alternative
Release Date: 2025
By Jude Noel
Reviewed March 12, 2025
Harto Falión’s vocals are an ideal match for Evilgiane’s vaporous, meditative production, but his expressions of detachment and dissociation are as hollow as the feelings themselves.
Harto Falión’s life isn’t just a movie. According to , his new collaborative album with in-demand cloud rap producer and fellow Surf Gang affiliate Evilgiane, it’s also a cartoon and a video game: anything but real. Formerly known as Trip Dixon, Falión is something of a scene veteran, coming up in the mid-2010s alongside emo rap pioneers like Black Kray, Kirblagoop, and Lil Tracy, primarily as a producer of sinister, grime-caked trap beats. With that wave long past, he’s found a place and a new moniker among the disaffected underground upstarts who’ve kept the mumbled, somnambulant sound of Goth Money en vogue. His excellent beat selection and taste in graphic design that could be mistaken for an loading screen or MTV2 bumper puts him in convincing company with vanguardists like Xaviersobased and Polo Perks, though Falión’s songwriting lacks the distinct personality that makes their work compelling. Throughout , his expressions of detachment and dissociation are as hollow as the feelings themselves. Listening to the brief 20-minute tape feels like visiting a national park via VR headset, surrounded by beauty while still breathing the stale air of your bedroom.