- Judging by his breakout hit "Keep Callin," Finn McCorry has mostly been concerned with breaking things apart, keeping the sensuality of his R&B samples but reshaping them in the image of new instrumental grime. On his second EP, Knock Knock, McCorry seems to have moved from chopping to pitching. The excellent title track features a chorus of R&B voices sped up until they sound like celestial chipmunks. McCorry still leans heavily on the scissor tool, but he keeps a more solid groove, all the better to effect his sickly soul overload. "Coming 2 U" is equally giddy, with a jazzy bassline and canned strings that sound almost comically rapid.
Centring the EP is Finn's first released vocal collaboration. MC Faultsz, of South London crew The Square, doesn't dazzle over the, yes, extremely high-pitched "Iya." But even if he takes a little long to get going, the track demonstrates how well Finn's colourful music can accommodate a voice. Elsewhere, he loses momentum when piling on extra detail. "Finn Theme," with its trilling melody and bloated squarewave bass, just about carries it, but the gloomy "BB" feels like a needless addition. The producer's slicing skills are deployed without his usual focus, and the aimless synth melodies laid on top do little to improve things.
TracklistA1 Knock Knock
A2 Coming 2 U
A3 Iya feat. Faultsz
B1 Finn Theme