The album opens with a track that feels as if the album is warming up itself, giving a glimpse of things to come as well as the progressively adding a faster tempo to the song. The sounds used throughout all add interest to the ear giving different aspects to focus on. It opens strong and sets the theme for the entire album well.

It then leads onto the title track that is just filled to the brim with ethereal synth sounds that sweep and spread almost organically throughout the song. These along with the slower beat give a chilled out style to the song while the constant bass undertone pushes the song forward. This is then followed by ‘Cut off The Past’ which has a must stronger beat that doesn’t push forward softly but instead forces the song along with great energy until the song breaks down into soaring synths.

‘Dopamine’ then follows with its cooled off dub sound that still carries some energy from the last track, the reverb filled voice samples give the song a good focal point that isn’t just the beat and melody.

The next two tracks we come to are my personal favourites of the album with ‘Heavy Rain’ having a much darker feel due to use of strings in the composition. This is then contrasted with synth only sections that add interesting changes to the whole track. ‘Blind Jealousy’ carries the strings on until it kicks into a faster flowing melody with a heavy bass line below. The simple beats used only allow for the synth line to take the forefront and control the track.

The album switches things up a little towards the end with featuring of different artists such as Grimm and Mr Sizef. This I feel helps to give the album a strong finish with different ideas coming into play and in some songs.

Overall this is a very well-crafted album that is filled with interesting beats and samples. Each song feels as if it had grown from a singular sound or idea and sprouted naturally. Nothing feels rushed and it all has a direction. The changes towards the end with the inclusion of other people only adds to the variety in the album. Only a couple of time did I ever feel that anything dragged too long or outstayed its welcome and that feeling was quickly put aside when the next idea came into play.

This album feels relaxing and energising at the same time with sweeping synths and fast beats merging to create a utopia of electronic sound.

Our Rating
8/10