Hyperbolic

I always hear people talk about Nick Littlemore as a prolific, visionary Australian producer with his hands in a bunch of huge Australian projects such as PNAU as well as Empire of the Sun. I've heard some classic EotS music and enjoyed it, I've enjoyed some of PNAU's work but this project is just soulless. There's this distinct difference between the two singles on here, River and Solid Gold, released before the Cold Heart remix blew up and everything else on here. And hell, even those two songs are like, 6/10 maybe?

May god though is the rest of this thing the most uninteresting radio slop ever. AEIOU which sees Nick Littlemore bring together members of both his projects tries but it feels like it's not really trying to be some huge thing it's just going through the motions. The rest of this thing though barely feels like it's trying. It's so formulaic and trendy that I can't feel anything other than the potential name recognition of people like Khalid and Bebe Rexha.

The moments it comes back to Australia with You Know What I Need with Troye Sivan and closer So High with Emily Wurrumara it feels like they're desperately trying to fit into those artists' established sound rather than do anything interesting and as a result just feel like uninteresting versions of what's come before.