This one is more successful on the chill tracks than it is at making ya bum shake. 1-8 is somewhat weak but it improves quite a bit after that. 1's just an intro track, 2 is nice and playlist worthy but suffers from somewhat thin prod, 3 is slower and less marking but ok, 4 starts to feel quite weak although the sax and guitar are quite nice. 5 is kinda nice with an interesting, heavily sidechained prod, while 6 prefaces the alter record with a very chill, lounge kind of track, still suffering from thin prod but still playlist worthy. 7's fine but eh, while 8 is the big mistake on this record. It ruptures completely from the rest with its hard hitting drums and less breezy instrumentation, and even in a vacuum sounds pretty silly - the intro especially. 9 with its very nice deconstructed piano intro clearly shows that 8 has nothing to do here, 9 would have been a much better transition from 7. 10's kinda dancey and nice, 11 is okay but forgettable, then the record concludes on four strong, very chill tracks (with 13 feeling a bit like late arvo cocktailcore so a touch different) to finish on a strong note. Bumps it to 3.45
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