Fake Smerdis

I think there's some good songs on here but often it does feel like a challenge of trying out about 50 effects on drum samples. It sounds restless and wanting to create something sonically exciting without much 'song craft' in there, which I think is something he has returned to in a big way in recent releases and which I am so happy about. New album with Mrs. Jynx is a great example of that.

the Aphex reddit is really really really good for photos of CDs - if you want to see a whole mess of aphex twin CDs on a range of surfaces like carpet or a desk, it's just the best place. Photo after photo of something readily available and someone saying how excited they are (which is sweet). Thank God reddit didn't exist when I was a fledgling internet person.

Listening through it now, and it's beautiful. Loved how pared back it is, just on mood and all that reverb goodness.