A welcoming and unpredictable record that continually leaves you slightly perplexed and bewildered but also has you entirely transfixed and obsessed, Three Eyes ‘Junior’ takes experimental electronic to new heights. The melodies are vibrant, absolutely shimmering with so much brightness and flourish that you find yourself almost stunned with the sheer volume of sonic elements. It’s imaginative beyond the norm, even for an experimental record. You feel like you’re on an adventurous path, being greeted across some strange science fiction fantasy realm that’s beyond the realm of normal conception even.
‘Bonding With Captor’ doesn’t spare a moment to completely start barraging you with a flurry of tiny yet intricate melodic meshes that somehow combine into some sort of flourishing confluence that has you captivated entirely. Then immediately you’re thrown into ‘Too Late?’, a slightly darker and more heavy percussive piece that is a bit unnerving and unsettling. That too only lasts partially, as the shimmering and glistening electronic sounds start to unload onto you with resplendent energy in the song’s latter half. The album really hits its zenith towards its latter half with songs like Ladder and Reunion really highlighting Three Eyes’ production maturity and talent. Reunion sees a conscious hip-hop lyrical flow deliver bar on top of bar over a beat that somehow matches perfectly.
‘Ladder’ is my personal favourite. An ecstatic piece of electronic music that’s so quick and scattered but somehow cohesive and mature. Very expertly blurring the lines between conventional musical sounds with things wildly unheard of and hither to unexplored, Three Eyes embraces is creativity unshackled. Not one track sounds similar to another, not one piece has you slightly feeling detached. It’s entrancing, it hooks you, and it opens doors to your own visualisation.