Credit: Nitepunk
Lawless (Nitepunk)
Genre: Bass house, Breakbeat
In short: "Nitepunk sacrifices his trademark screechiness for more polish"
Credit: Nitepunk
Genre: Bass house, Breakbeat
In short: "Nitepunk sacrifices his trademark screechiness for more polish"
Rating: 75
Cohesiveness: 62
Track quality: 75
Tags:
Beginner-friendly? debatable
Armed with bombastic basswork and indelible sampling grafitti, the ever-chaotic Nitepunk project continues to rise steadily in the bass music scene.
The good: Nitepunk's disdain for genre classification really shines through here, as "Lawless" careers through a multitude of different styles in just 5 tracks worth of runtime, channels his malevolent musical spirit into deeper basslines and propelled leads, all with a general polish we don't usually see from this act.
The bad: Something about the polish on this tracklist has left me wondering if Nitepunk is actually better without any polish. Ironically, "Lawless" feels a little restrained compared to some of his other discography, and despite having a very solid track, this EP does somewhat feel like less than the sum of its parts.
| Name | Comments | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| No Manners | Bassy breakbeat tune with some great sampling and an earworm of a lead that progresses well, with a neat tempo switch | |
| fresh to death | A little more minimal, but a clean bass house tune with some good progression and matching vocalist | Intense |
| Expand | Deeper vibes for this one, another strong bass house tune with a ton of well-placed sampling and leads | Standout |
| What I Need | Melodic Nitepunk is always appreciated and he delivers here — still framed by basswork, but big fan of the sampling | Melodic |
| SPILL | The only fully fledged vocal here, SOH SOH is more melodic and Nitepunk more reserved, but the hook is catchy | Catchy |