Thursday, February 2, 2012

#457 Bassnectar - Divergent Spectrum

Still seeking that Big Adventure high.

Here's more typical Bassnectar, see my previous review for the basics. On this album things have taken an even more ravetastic party turn, with smoother synth melodies, bigger beats, and way more Skrillex-tastic shoutalong frat afterparty hooks. That last bit I'm not so fond of. In fact, all of this has taken a turn for the obnoxious that I don't quite approve of. It seems like there's only so many ways you can take this dubstep-flecked techno raveup sound, and they're not for me, the kinda transcendent hook of Above and Beyond notwithstanding 2.5/5

You might like this if: you like your music right up in your face, louder than should be mathematically possible, with lots of bassy drubble drops and men and synths alike shrieking around every corner, but don't want anything quite as far down that path as Skrillex

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