Substance returns in the sixth iteration of its annual multifaceted celebration of dark rock, high-force industrial, percolating electronics and strident post-punk with special guest sets from Substance artists from the past and present.

The project of Robert Alfons, TR/ST combines sparkling synth pop and grimy industrial beats into expansive songs filled with longing, lust, and despair. Dominated by sinuous melodies and Alfons’ deep, dramatic vocals, TR/ST plumbed pitch-black depths on 2012’s Juno Award-nominated debut, TRST. Alfons let more light — and dance influences — into 2014’s Joyland and balanced both sides of his music on 2019’s two-part album The Destroyer, but each incarnation of TR/ST delivers compelling electronic pop with a surprisingly wide streak of humanity.