Album Review: What So Not - Not All The Beautiful Things

Notorious for his epic live sets, What So Not (aka Emoh Instead aka Chris Emerson) solidifies his electronic mark with debut full-length, Not All The Beautiful Things.

Skrillex-featured Goh takes the cake for the most fearless drop on the album, with his intertwining dub influences forging an unforgiving mix of hard-hitting styles. Demons displays an innovative collaboration of rap and What So Not's most effortless display of electronic sound, channelling the calm and pure across a relaxed groove. Monsters pays a similar tribute to the genre via Michael Christmas' silky relay of thoughts and clean twinkles of sound.

Same Mistakes introduces rock elements through electric guitars that layer and build to a surprisingly minimalistic drop, defying all connotation attached to the term. A bold and all-encompassing vocal performance from Silverchair's Daniel Johns allows the unique placement of ideas to accentuate the track in all of its surprise.

Not All The Beautiful Things allows each track to inhabit its own unique flavour - the perfect blend between the electronic familiar and refreshing innovation. Through a myriad of influences and emotion, What So Not's maturity as an artist and ear for collaboration has allowed his established sound to flourish, creating something for everyone. A well-curated, well-rounded work on a bed of exquisite production.