TILT is Songbird's album review section! I make it a weekly mission to listen to new music, and the one that makes the biggest impression on me gets a video and a blog post. It's all about celebrating music all across the spectrum. Please enjoy
Today I Listened To: SISTER by the Electronic duo, The Frost Children. I don't know about you, but my first exposure to the Frost Children was "Mona Lisa" from SMILE:D by Porter Robinson. That song's visceral, so loud you can hear the caps of the sound energy is something that I loved in that song, making it one of my favorite cuts off of SMILE:D.
When I went to explore the Frost Children's Discography, nothing really stuck out, even with the proximity to some of my favorites. Until the singles for SISTER started dropping. I grew up on electronic music. I used to listen to Xkitomusic on YouTube exclusively until high school. I still keep up with bits of the genre, with Madeon, Porter Robinson, and Jai Wolf being my favorites.
With my credentials being said, this album is loud, it's electronic, it's crunchy. It's everything I wanted to see in their projects when I listened to Monalisa. I haven't seen an electronic album this interesting in a minute.
It's really cool.
The Highs:
The Cover: Can anyone draw this "S"? I think it's an excellent callback to the early 2010 electronic feel they are going for. It really is perfect.
CONTROL: Seriously, this track is a contender for one of my favorites for the year. It feels like I'm in a never-ending car crash of noise.
DIRTY GIRL: It just makes you bounce. The electro-house influence is just so cool across this project. This is a song I would love to hear live. My favorite piece of this song is the assaulting sound in the background that sounds like it quickly reboots in the background. AH, it's so cool.
A complaint:
The Length: For this album to work as an album, I come back to the entire tracklist. It would need to be a tiny bit shorter. It comes in at 45 minutes and 30 seconds. The soundscape is really fun, but it can run a little long on repeat listens. I think Ralph Lauren, 2 LOVE, and SISTER could be put in a Deluxe (For me personally)
All things considered, this album is fantastic. It turned me into a fan for sure. I'll be attending their show in Minnesota to see this very impressive group live. For me, this album is Solid 3.5 Stars. It's really good and has some room to grow for me.
