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This EP has the potential to absolutely punch you in the gut, emotionally. Former Hero has always had the ability to craft meaningful lyricism with niche electropop/future bass, with that sentiment turned up to 11 on this EP. While I did enjoy his 2021 LP "Footpaths", I think "meadowdeath" takes all the strong parts of that album and squishes them into a rich EP. This project is all the best parts of Former Hero in one place.

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This is what Flume would have sounded like today had he not taken the more commercial (nature) route. IMANU's "Unfold" is a beautiful experience of drum and bass, future bass, and glitch pop sounds all blended together to form something truly unique. While there are not a ton of star power songs on this record, IMANU makes up for that with consistent quality and tracklist cohesion. While primarily a drum and bass album, it is a far cry from the standard sounds you hear on most other ... read more

Steve Aoki continues to be such an odd character. HiROQUEST Genesis is a horrendously confused and sporadic project that lacks any real tonal cohesion or industry standard production. Steve Aoki really has become so much a brand that he doesn't need to make anything palletteable for it to get streams. Even the vocal features from this album are half-assed and phoned in. This project moves across a variety of genres that do not mesh well in the context of the tracklist. From punk to dubstep, to ... read more

This album was quite the experience. Imagine Porter Robinson but the glitchiness is turned up 10x and the intelligibility is turned down 20x. Much of this project comes down to the dichotomy of beautiful instrumentation and warping synths. Alexander Panos is a very new artist on the scene making this debut album even more impressive. Leaning quite heavily into the experimental side of synthpop/dreampop, Nascent is a sirene audio journey. And while not always a bad thing, this project is best ... read more