The first release from this label that I haven’t really felt in a long while. What’s wrong here? It’s hard to say exactly: the beat’s plodding, the melodies are nice but don’t really hook into your brain, but I think it’s more accurate to say that this release has too much going on too be tracky and not enough going on to really entice listeners to give it a go on their headphones—a difficult middle ground. The title track is the one to keep, if you’re going to be searching this one out via digital means.

Areal / Areal028
[Todd Burns]