10/22/2023 0 Comments Pathless is the way reddit sevin lions![]() The album is still very good - very akin to the classic SL style with very high quality production as expected, but it isn't really taking me on the journey I was hoping it would. Agree that many of the tracks seem to be targeted for live shows or even radio play. They have a similar formula even with the vocals and so I can barely pick where some of them end or begin. The rest of the tracks sort of.blend into each other. I do like Every Time, Miss You and Falling Fast for individual tracks so far - some nice grittiness to the melodic sound design, and the vocals are nice too. There's probably only a few tracks that I have saved and think might get good repeats from me, but I am not picking any real 'highs' off the album yet. I still need time to mull over on how I feel about individual tracks and the album as a whole. EP tracks like Tyven, Below Us, She Was, Fractals, December, The End, Nepenthe, Summer of the Occult, The Journey etc. I just find it a tad disappointing that there isn't a little instrumental oasis in the album for Jeff to show some very vibrant musical colours. I do feel it is a bit harder to pull that off when vocals are a strong focus and you can only wedge some drops inbetween the choruses or throw in some real curveballs that would otherwise seem out of place in the album (the reason why I am glad to not see Psytrance in this album, merely because I feel it does not fit at all within the album itself). Instrumental tracks are where Jeff gets a little bit experimental and innovative in the melodic bass genre. ![]() What I would have liked though, and what has usually featured in many of his EPs, is a few purely instrumental tracks (or very minimal use of vocals in the sound design) to help break up the vocals a bit, which otherwise make it feel a bit poppy. Not a bad thing - I like SL vocal tracks. One thing that really stood out to me in this album is that it is quite heavy on the vocals. I can understand why he may have kept heavy/experimental tracks for his EPs and then used the album to form a more coherent sound and story that represents his 'style and brand better', but the result is a bit plateaued (samey). Having said that, listening to album a bit more now I do agree with some of the critiques here that it does feel 'safe' even for SL, and how some heaviness or a few more experimental tracks may have broken it up a bit. Although I do very much enjoy his heavier tracks (hearing Tyven for the first time - unreal), they have never been the major draw card of SL for me. But he has also produced great tracks in other subgenres as well (house, trance, psytrance, even some future bass). I've been listening to SL since his Polarized EP and early trance remixes and his melodic sound is what initially attracted me to his style, and I think he certainly helped shape a lot of what melodic bass is today. Definitely a melodic dubstep fan's dream! Will give a longer listen through over the weekend.Įdit: Some initial thoughts now I've had a proper listen through chronologically and after a few track replays (not including the released singles I've already heard). Already done a brief listen through (yay for time travel in Australia).
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