I don't know that Rustie really falls under the love/hate category for me so much as a guilty pleasure. But even then, why the guilt? What is there not to love about songs like this? As an appreciator of subtlety and subdued sounds, sometimes I'm slow to open up to really poppy, energetic music. There's just something overwrought about it to me. But Rustie's proven in the past that he can make more subtle music, like his remix of "Spliff Dub" by Zomby. So why the distrust?
What's saddest about my hesitance to absolutely love this album is that it's incredibly unique. The non-stop euphoria is a little over the top for my tastes, but the sounds on it are unlike anything out there. Glass Swords is a mixture of cheezy '80s synths, weird voice-like basslines and MIDI slap bass samples. Who uses a slap bass and makes it sound cool?! It spans a variety of genres (house, dubstep, "trap", other unidentifiable things) with a sound evocative of Scuba's Personality, or Ford and Lopatin's Channel Pressure, but somehow more accessible than either (and less goofy than the Ford and Lopatin album). Maybe these basslines just sound too much like Skrillex.
What's saddest about my hesitance to absolutely love this album is that it's incredibly unique. The non-stop euphoria is a little over the top for my tastes, but the sounds on it are unlike anything out there. Glass Swords is a mixture of cheezy '80s synths, weird voice-like basslines and MIDI slap bass samples. Who uses a slap bass and makes it sound cool?! It spans a variety of genres (house, dubstep, "trap", other unidentifiable things) with a sound evocative of Scuba's Personality, or Ford and Lopatin's Channel Pressure, but somehow more accessible than either (and less goofy than the Ford and Lopatin album). Maybe these basslines just sound too much like Skrillex.
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