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This is where it all started. The birthing point of hyperpop. This is really cool in retrospect, because all of the major styles that would developed in the genre are already present in a somewhat rudimentary form here. There's hints of the spastic and unpredictable style that would later be developed by 100 gecs and the current hyperpop underground, the poppy, glistening production of A. G Cook is in full force on his phenomenal song "Beautiful" and there's little tastes of the ... read more
Sure this isn't as huge and lush as later Beach House albums, but it's incredibly beautiful in it's own way. It's a lot smaller in scale, but as a result of that it feels more personal and more direct. I also find these more subdued songs a lot more inviting for further exploration than I find a lot of the later material by the band. It's Lo-Fi sound doesn't only do good for it though. The incredible eargasm moments from later albums aren't here yet and the singing isn't always great but for ... read more
This takes the sound of Chiastic Slide and adds more glitch elements to it. The result is disappointing, especially after the first track "Yeesland", which is a straight up banger. Everything that comes after gets just more and more boring. I hope Autechre takes the ideas from this and builds them into something actually interesting on LP5.
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