former teen edm star, now making electro-pop going for sheer widescreen beauty over anything else, heavily drawing on Perfume, but also the pastoral sound of various JRPG soundtracks & Joe Hisaishi's Studio Ghibli soundtracks. there's a few twists and turns with a folk ballad, and mostly instrumental pieces reminiscent in feeling of the 1975's forays into instrumental electronic pieces but the electro-pop of the singles is the predominant sound. i love this album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SZEDBFPpgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-2AqRD8io
― ufo, Friday, 23 April 2021 06:33 (four years ago)
this is quite the redirection and surprisingly good, considering
― boxedjoy, Friday, 23 April 2021 08:12 (four years ago)
yeah his previous stuff is not at all great, but he's barely released anything in the last 7 years so clearly a ton of artistic development has happened in that time. when i first heard the singles for this i was shocked
― ufo, Friday, 23 April 2021 08:24 (four years ago)
I like rather than love this album but "Something Comforting" is like a Skrillex remix of Air France that makes sense.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:03 (four years ago)
i don't think skrillex is quite the right reference point (since that kinda implies more of an aggressive dubstep wub drop than the one on "something comforting") but i get what you mean
still one of my favourite albums this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-qpEMUzes
japanese bonus track with wednesday campanella is wonderful too
― ufo, Thursday, 10 June 2021 05:02 (four years ago)
not the Skrillex of "Scary Monsters" more the Skrillex of "Summit"
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 10 June 2021 06:28 (four years ago)
really love musician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-74HTjRbuY
― lil $CHUB (Spottie), Wednesday, 16 April 2025 23:17 (four months ago)
2 hour Tape Notes podcast dropped if you're into that sort of thing
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 17 April 2025 01:02 (four months ago)