Boxcutter

It's been two years since the release of Arecibo Message, Boxcutter's third studio full-length. Irish born Barry Lynn (aka Boxcutter) is now set to drop his latest LP, The Dissolve. Termed "dubstep" by some, and the obnoxious "IDM" by others, The Dissolve trickles into the latter catagory. It's more an odd collection of bass-driven, funk-laden tracks that shift from a bizarre, '70s-filtered feel to psychedelic lounge throwbacks to wobbly two-step. Rather than lending an eclectic cohesion, the album's brash inconsistency detracts from any tracks that would otherwise be fair game for achieving noteworthy. By the time you reach the warbling bass, crisp snare and otherwise murky percussion of "Little Smoke Remix (vs. Kab Driver)," you're effectively thrown as to the direction the album intended to take. Not to mention the trip you're taken on by the '70s synth-wrapped rainforest of "Panama," the funk-riddled "All Too Heavy (featuring Brian Greene)," which takes the soulful vocals a bit too far, entering cringe-worthy territory, and the minimal psychedelic outpouring of "Moon Pupils."