Moonglow - Skybreak (Cover art)

Moonglow - Skybreak

Genre: Colour bass, Future riddim

In short: "one of the most acclaimed EPs in the colour bass space for a reason"

Rating: 85

Cohesiveness: 80

Track quality: 87

Tags: melodic, aggressive

Beginner-friendly? nah probably not

The good: Skybreak's breakthrough EP into the colour bass scene is everything it's cracked up to be. Intertwined with a nice narrative, Skybreak brings forth a couple of good features and vocal performances to bolster his cohesive idea across these five tracks. But honestly, somehow, the production overpowers it. Skybreak unleashes a flurry of innovative and incredibly hard-hitting ideas, utterly colourful and brilliantly impactful, whether that be the bass-infused first drop of "Journey's End" or the liquidy feel to "Cryolite", showing us why he's now such a respected figure in the scene. "Moonglow" is surely one of the best EPs in the genre, and one of the most prominent EPs for modern dubstep as a whole.

The bad: Not really much to put here. The energetic production can sometimes detract from the cohesive aspect of this record, and sometimes the chunky snares can be a little too chunky, but there's no major flaws I feel the need to point out.


Name Comments Superlative
Moonglow Stabby, strong, explosive, and intense — absolute banger of a future riddim tune to kick off this EP Intense
Soul Shards DNAKM's vocal is solid and the drops are incredibly well-made, colourful and hard-hitting and punchy Standout
Cryolite Loved the vocal and the wistful lyricism, and the liquidy drops are fantastic and pair well with the chopping Emotive
Crystal Heart Thoroughly enjoyed this lead, track has great flow with a big snare — honestly the punch sells  it to me Melodic
Journey's End Probably the strongest vocal performance on the EP, not huge on the spoken-word but the drops are sick Standout
  1. Cryolite (96/100)

  2. Journey's End w/ Aethoro, Mizu (92/100)

  3. Soul Shards w/ DNAKM (87/100)

  4. Moonglow w/ Kaval (84/100)

  5. Crystal Heart (77/100)