Tim: This song, from newly-arrived Finn Hannis, is described to us a mixture of dubstep and chillstep, to which my respective thoughts were ‘hmm…’ and ‘wut?’. So, open-minded as ever, let’s have a gander.
Tim: Right, so chillstep seems to be all well and good, and the dubstep is, well, as dubstep does.
Tom: This appears to be the “farting samples” genre of dubstep. A brave choice.
Tim: Recently I was wondering whether dubstep breakdowns have gone away just as I was beginning to enjoy them, because they really don’t seem to be around much any more. This is, well, let’s be frank I’m in no position to really review dubstep aside from saying that this is alright and I don’t find it too bad at all.
Tom: It’s a sign of how much my ears have adapted to dubstep that it counts as “okay” to me too. It’s just… well, I’m not really sure what it’s doing at any point.
Tim: With the two bits of the song mixed together, though, it seems a bit off, mainly because they’re not really mixed much. There’s a chillstep section, then switch to dubstep, then switch back to chillstep, then back, and only really at the end do the two blend, and I can’t help wondering if that might alienate about 50% of listeners for 90% of the time. Maybe a bit more consistency might help, or at the very least a bit of mixing.
Tom: Yes – that’s exactly what I was thinking. It’s awkwardly straddling genres, and I’m not sure it works.
Tim: Listenable throughout, though, definitely.