Continuing my recent trend of albums that were mentioned as better than the album being reviewed, in a review, this was described as "sounding like the future". I like the sound of that.
Does this sound more like the future than your average IDM-dusted techno album? Actually, I hear this is a techno-dusted dubstep album, if that's a helpful reference point for you. Regardless of the genre/dusting pair, sure, it sounds a bit like the future, at least at first. Early on, it is bewildering and energetic, full of simple beats and synth lines that squonk out from under you just as you decide what to expect. Its a delightful balance of listenable and interesting, and its tricks are just subtle enough to sound natural, while sounding unnatural, like they are from a future where this is what music sounds like.
But then it all just gets kind of slow and sounds like Amon Tobin's most meandering soundscapes. Maybe its just the progression this guy was going for, but its weird how something that started off with such a distinct rhythmic/melodic spine running through it so quickly turns so aimless and indulgent. It kind of just sounds like he frontloaded the album with all his best ideas, and then had to stretch it out to masterpiece length. Or maybe I just started getting bored. Its an album that started off feeling like (yet another!) four, but that by the end I wasn't nearly as amused by 3/5
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