Featuring a guest appearance from Oklou, Mikey Enwright's latest mini-album is a fictile deconstruction of hyperpop bombast that vaporizes maximalist pings, wonky synth squiggles and post-trap rhythms into dreamy neo soft-rock. RIYL Malibu or ML Buch.
Are we post hyperpop yet? 'Bright Space' sounds like a nostalgic reflection that subverts some of the genre's hallmark aesthetics, muting the harsh, PC Music-era hits and glossy, trance-inspired melodies and placing them behind a frosted glass of kids TV themes and informal radio wallpaper. There's a familiar West Coast throb to 'Gleam', but Enwright pushes the kicks and fingerclicks into the background, bringing his brittle, heartfelt melodies right to the front. The sound palette is contemporary, but Enwright's poppy hooks sound as if they've been cribbed from MTV in the early '90s, and like ML Buch, his attention to detail is compelling.
It's hardly surprising when Oklou shows up on the gorgeous 'How Bright You Are' - her approach isn't far from Enwright's, and her vocals fit perfectly into the producer's lattice of neon synths, canned infomercial pianos and blunted, boxy beats.
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Featuring a guest appearance from Oklou, Mikey Enwright's latest mini-album is a fictile deconstruction of hyperpop bombast that vaporizes maximalist pings, wonky synth squiggles and post-trap rhythms into dreamy neo soft-rock. RIYL Malibu or ML Buch.
Are we post hyperpop yet? 'Bright Space' sounds like a nostalgic reflection that subverts some of the genre's hallmark aesthetics, muting the harsh, PC Music-era hits and glossy, trance-inspired melodies and placing them behind a frosted glass of kids TV themes and informal radio wallpaper. There's a familiar West Coast throb to 'Gleam', but Enwright pushes the kicks and fingerclicks into the background, bringing his brittle, heartfelt melodies right to the front. The sound palette is contemporary, but Enwright's poppy hooks sound as if they've been cribbed from MTV in the early '90s, and like ML Buch, his attention to detail is compelling.
It's hardly surprising when Oklou shows up on the gorgeous 'How Bright You Are' - her approach isn't far from Enwright's, and her vocals fit perfectly into the producer's lattice of neon synths, canned infomercial pianos and blunted, boxy beats.
Featuring a guest appearance from Oklou, Mikey Enwright's latest mini-album is a fictile deconstruction of hyperpop bombast that vaporizes maximalist pings, wonky synth squiggles and post-trap rhythms into dreamy neo soft-rock. RIYL Malibu or ML Buch.
Are we post hyperpop yet? 'Bright Space' sounds like a nostalgic reflection that subverts some of the genre's hallmark aesthetics, muting the harsh, PC Music-era hits and glossy, trance-inspired melodies and placing them behind a frosted glass of kids TV themes and informal radio wallpaper. There's a familiar West Coast throb to 'Gleam', but Enwright pushes the kicks and fingerclicks into the background, bringing his brittle, heartfelt melodies right to the front. The sound palette is contemporary, but Enwright's poppy hooks sound as if they've been cribbed from MTV in the early '90s, and like ML Buch, his attention to detail is compelling.
It's hardly surprising when Oklou shows up on the gorgeous 'How Bright You Are' - her approach isn't far from Enwright's, and her vocals fit perfectly into the producer's lattice of neon synths, canned infomercial pianos and blunted, boxy beats.
Featuring a guest appearance from Oklou, Mikey Enwright's latest mini-album is a fictile deconstruction of hyperpop bombast that vaporizes maximalist pings, wonky synth squiggles and post-trap rhythms into dreamy neo soft-rock. RIYL Malibu or ML Buch.
Are we post hyperpop yet? 'Bright Space' sounds like a nostalgic reflection that subverts some of the genre's hallmark aesthetics, muting the harsh, PC Music-era hits and glossy, trance-inspired melodies and placing them behind a frosted glass of kids TV themes and informal radio wallpaper. There's a familiar West Coast throb to 'Gleam', but Enwright pushes the kicks and fingerclicks into the background, bringing his brittle, heartfelt melodies right to the front. The sound palette is contemporary, but Enwright's poppy hooks sound as if they've been cribbed from MTV in the early '90s, and like ML Buch, his attention to detail is compelling.
It's hardly surprising when Oklou shows up on the gorgeous 'How Bright You Are' - her approach isn't far from Enwright's, and her vocals fit perfectly into the producer's lattice of neon synths, canned infomercial pianos and blunted, boxy beats.