COSMIC OPERA ACT I

Labrinth is tough to pin down as I can tell he has a massive creative mind but it seems he needs someone to reel him in a bit more. I suppose there is a reason why most of the stuff I like by him is in collaboration with other artists. This album is the most out there project that I've heard by him. I mean the ending of "S.W.M.F." is just... lol. He constantly looks to switch up the composition of songs and how they evolve but it feels pretty jolting at times. In comparison to Quadeca's "Vanisher, Horizon Scraper", Labrinth takes abrasive horns paired with almost random synths and tries to ping pong back and forth with the occasional more full orchestral composition. The jumping back and forth feels like a headache. Quadeca is the example of how to do this constant transition well with everything flowing in and out with it never living in a consistent state. Labrinth did task himself with something much harder sonically though. A cosmic opera is a far harder challenge to achieve than the swaying of the ocean that Quadeca goes for. (Not to discredit Quadeca's work. Just pointing out that the idea was something more achievable.) I don't mean for this to turn into a Quadeca glaze. I just think Labrinth could take a few pointers from a macro level and see how he could apply them even though he is obviously musically talented as is.