Review Summary: Electronic music lacking depth but still a pleasure.
Will Wiesenfeld is know better as the genius behind Baths, or just the human, but one thing’s clear: he knows his electronic music. Take Abysma for example, another album from the guy, and it’s a decent one. Songs have foot to the floor bass beats; deep, fresh, house-style beats come in with hazy, soft synths like evaporating spray from waterfalls. It’s delicate noise like being wrapped in blankets, juxtaposed with club stomping energy. Within the pages are gently layered synths, yet surprises lurk around the corner like a piano inclusion, and vocal samples/singing.
While I’m painting a picture of a luscious masterpiece, Abysma is deceptively average. The same type of beat played in every song becomes tired, and shirks off my desire to dance in due time. Mind-numbing repetition, originally entrancing and relaxing, becomes a smidgen annoying. Of course, I’m scraping the barrel to find gripes, but find them I did. Abysma is a great album, and generally an easy on the ear collection of samey electronic tunes, but it’s not a classic release by any means.
