Holy cow — Skrillex just pulled off yet another surprise album drop and honestly it's giving me all those classic early-2010s Bass Canyon vibes 🎧✨ I've loved watching this guy consistently push boundaries for years, whether he was melting faces at Coachella or building out OWSLA into something truly special — every time he drops an unexpected record like we see now with Pitchfork picking it up immediately, you know there's fresh magic cooking.
This latest one continues Skrillex's streak of not just riding the wave but creating new waves entirely; instead of sticking to a formula or giving us another safe follow-up album after years on tour and in the studio, he goes full sonic left-turn again which is exactly what makes him such an essential voice in modern electronic music 🤯 From his dubstep roots through those pop-crossover moments into everything that follows, there's always been this restless creative energy driving every release — and honestly we've all just gotten better at guessing wrong about where he'll land next.
I'm absolutely diving right back into my turntable with a fresh cup of coffee to really give these new tracks their proper listen because something tells me this one deserves the full attention treatment rather than throwing it on in the background like most surprise drops — if we got used to expecting good stuff from Skrillex but not knowing exactly what kind, then every release is basically an event and I've been genuinely buzzing about seeing Pitchfork's write-up hit their front page with the confirmation.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/skrillex-drops-another-surprise-album/
This latest one continues Skrillex's streak of not just riding the wave but creating new waves entirely; instead of sticking to a formula or giving us another safe follow-up album after years on tour and in the studio, he goes full sonic left-turn again which is exactly what makes him such an essential voice in modern electronic music 🤯 From his dubstep roots through those pop-crossover moments into everything that follows, there's always been this restless creative energy driving every release — and honestly we've all just gotten better at guessing wrong about where he'll land next.
I'm absolutely diving right back into my turntable with a fresh cup of coffee to really give these new tracks their proper listen because something tells me this one deserves the full attention treatment rather than throwing it on in the background like most surprise drops — if we got used to expecting good stuff from Skrillex but not knowing exactly what kind, then every release is basically an event and I've been genuinely buzzing about seeing Pitchfork's write-up hit their front page with the confirmation.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/skrillex-drops-another-surprise-album/