- Hyetal's path to enlightenment has been pretty long. He set out from the fringes of dubstep in 2009, and with his last major release, 2013's Modern Worship LP, it still didn't feel like he'd reached his destination. This EP takes another step in the right direction by focussing on the producer's voice. His music has always aspired to pop—the Gwilym Gold features were Modern Worship's highlights—and these songs, which are boldly melodic and sometimes feature guitar, are pretty close to it.
Hyetal's vocal sound recalls that of fellow post-dubstep refugees Darkstar. His singing sounds distant, tentative and on the verge of crumbling into a fine dust of ones and zeroes. (The resemblance is particularly strong on "Run From The Light," where he yearns gently over tick-tock synths and splashy castanets.) The difference between these tracks and the Warp duo's music is in the finish: Hyetal prefers his arrangements smeared and indistinct, as much shoegaze as synth pop. The brooding "Near Water" executes this sound well, but "TX/RX" is the highlight, a bedroom post-punk jam that makes up in sentimental warmth what it lacks in precision.
Tracklist01. Near Water
02. Run From The Light
03. TX/RX