Album Rating: 4.2
It's definitely a matter of this being a sort of "state-of-the-genre" address - it's the first really creative wobbly/pop-dubstep (i.e. brostep) release in quite some time, and it sets the bar higher for other releases. If this were solely about Worlds Apart in a vacuum, the review would probably have been about 2 paragraphs long. However, I don't think this is a release to be treated in a vacuum - it's the standard for what poppy dubstep producers should strive towards. Thus, the history of what led up to this was something I wanted to get into. (BTW, I've gotten to the point of embracing the term "brostep" since it's a simple differentiation between maximalist dubstep and bassy, dubby stuff. Not totally sure if there's a better term that doesn't require a hyphen.)
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"It’s why we went into Skrillex’s Recess with such a fervor, hoping against hope that he was actually doing something interesting for the first time in a few years, and coming out after hearing “All’s Fair in Love and Brostep” with desolate looks on our faces."
To be fair, Recess has a lot better tracks on it than 'All is Fair...', so you're kinda selling it short a little bit here
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