Somehow, trip-hop producer Ryan Lott, better known as Son Lux, was able to turn shimmering rays of light into sounds. That's really what I can gather from this record, it sounds like it's alive with beams of light. From the stellar and beautiful trip-hop production on the tracks, that all seem to have some sort of weird noise as the crux of their beat, to the pianos and strings that are always put to great use on Lott's records, we have a lot going on here. It's not overbearing, though, as the album paces itself pretty nicely by having some great stuff in the beginning ("Flight", "You Don't Know Me") and some absolutely masterful tracks at the end ("Undone", "Now I Want"). It all manages to be pretty catchy as well, as single "Change Is Everything" will so eloquently point out after the intro track. For me, this is probably Lott's best work yet, and I'm very interested in what he can do to push the envelope after this.
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