748 BEES is building worlds from the inside out on new album 'Truth of Lies'

Every now and again we come across albums that feel constructed, layer by careful layer, like architecture you can walk through. And 'Truth of Lies', the latest project from 748 BEES, is one of those albums.

Behind the alias is a composer whose background in large-scale visual storytelling is impossible to ignore. But rather than leaning on spectacle, this record turns inward. It explores how emotion behaves inside a digitally saturated landscape, and how vulnerability survives among circuits, code, and carefully sculpted sound design.

From the opening moments of 'When Love Is Lost', there’s a sense of deliberate world-building. The production feels tactile as warm guitars intertwine with polished electronic elements, while orchestral undercurrents rise and fall beneath contemporary rhythms. It’s a hybrid language that draws equally from cinematic composition and modern pop sensibilities without fully settling into either camp.

The driving pulse of 'All For You' surges forward with restless momentum, its layered guitars cutting across a tightly engineered rhythmic core. It’s kinetic, almost road-movie in energy that suggests movement across vast terrain. In contrast, 'Peace' drifts with a reflective calm, floating on spacious textures and restrained vocal work that feels weightless yet intentional. The sequencing between tracks like these reveals a careful emotional arc rather than random juxtaposition.

What makes 'Truth of Lies' so compelling is its sense of narrative without a literal script. Even instrumental passages carry a cinematic gravity. 'Crossroads', the album’s wordless centrepiece, leans entirely on harmony and arrangement to communicate fracture and transition. Elsewhere, tracks such as 'Just Give Me What I Want' flirt with noir moods, using vocal interplay to suggest hidden motives and shifting power dynamics.

Technically, the record is pristine without feeling sterile. The digital components are manipulated rather than merely deployed. Yet there’s always a human fingerprint, especially in the guitar work, which anchors the album in something physical and immediate.

At its core, 'Truth of Lies' feels like an evolution for the artist at the helm. Freed from a screen yet still vividly visual, 748 BEES crafts soundscapes that function as standalone experiences, inviting immersion as they play.

If this project signals anything, it’s an artist reshaping technology rather than being shaped by it. And in that balance between precision and feeling, 'Truth of Lies' quietly asserts itself as a thoughtful, meticulously built universe.