Missing softly blooms as delicate petals of sound roll open to join one another. An angelic female vocal floats through the song, making its way above harmonious synthesized guitar sounds. The unassuming calm then gives way to Eye Robot. Just as the title would suggest, it is an amalgamation of harsh drum machines and jaunts of distorted keyboard noises, all together creating a haze, as if making ones way across a misty swamp. Like an operatic climax to a science fiction film, Thank is a pop song turned first-person-shooter; navigating a player through a maze. Strange sounds bounce off unforgiving metallic walls with bright splashes of sound lighting the way. Plummeting into a slumber is Craft Nine; a simple midnight lullaby. Underneath the tender keyboard melodies are various breathings of noise adding to the late-night dream.
35 Summers feels light-hearted as chimes trickle in uneven waves. However despite its romantic atmosphere, a more sinister air rattles beneath its surface, while African Woods is full of jungle beats constructed with concrete; an emulsion of business attire, elevator music and trudging through the viney undergrowth of a sweltering forest.
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