What So Not calls his sophomore studio album, ‘Anomaly,’ his ‘finest work’ but [Stream] – Dancing Astronaut
by: Rachel Narozniak
Sep 18, 2022
What So Not‘s sophomore studio album begins with a looping name to motion: “make me really feel alive.” And that’s exactly what Anomaly doesn’t just for listeners, but in addition for the Australian producer himself.
“I feel that Anomaly has the strongest songs that I’ve ever created,” says What So Not. “This album is a brand new lease on life for me, it’s assured, it’s passionate, it’s extremely energetic. On my final album, I used to be in a really unhappy place, and that was me processing and coping with that, whereas with Anomaly, I’m coming at it ferociously enthusiastic about life and about dance music and in regards to the superb cultures that I’ve been invited into all over the world.”
The reply to his 2018 debut, Not All The Beautiful Things, is the product of artistic visualization undertaken throughout COVID-19’s pause on stay music programming. And though Anomaly has roots in a interval of quietude and isolation, it’s no much less collaborative than its predecessor. Like Not All The Stunning Issues, Anomaly invitations appearances from a various solid of artists, together with MØ, who graces the 2022 edit of “Mercy,” EVAN GIIA, Louis The Little one, and Oliver Tree, to call just some. The circumstances beneath which What So Not developed Anomaly—uncommon free time and singular focus—allowed him to “refine and hone in on this album like [he’s] by no means been in a position to up to now,” he notes. “For me, that is my finest work.”
Apparently, Anomaly isn’t just an album; it’s a bit of a bigger undertaking that he has slowly and deliberately constructed over the previous three years. The LP is definitely the rating of a 3D animated movie that’s nonetheless in improvement, though glimmers of it may be seen in “The Change” and “Messin’ Me Up.” “I’ve been constructing a complete universe, and I’m excited to have folks fairly actually be capable to step into that within the not-too-distant future. I’m making a present that I’m undecided anybody has actually performed but,” he says, including “That may begin to come to fruition in all probability throughout the subsequent six months.”
Within the meantime, Anomaly could be streamed in its cinematic glory under.
Featured picture: Jonti Wild
Classes: Music