The Fae - YMIR

YMIR brings his full musical talent to his "The Fae" EP, and boy is it some serious musical talent.

Stirred in with a strong fantasy narrative and a beautiful self-sung vocal performance in each track, YMIR's production is diverse and consistent. His ideas are fantastic, his execution is flawless; I mean, what more could you want? The answer is, apparantely, a lot more, and yet "The Fae" just keeps on giving. Whether it's the cinematic nature of "The Tower", the gritty "Fatal Faith" or the ominous "The Garden, The Fountain", YMIR showcases his talent as a very well-rounded artist, mixing his signature elements of dark rock, pop and bass into alternative genres like breakbeat and even neurofunk, placing his own twist on each one with generous helpings of distortion and personal emotion. And his vocal—to reiterate, self-sung—is phenomenal, being impactful and interacting with the lyricism in a very polished manner, mixed in well with the beats for maximum effect. It really does feel like YMIR has left no loose trails, no evidence of poor production choices or awkward moments, leaving behind a record that only exists in its absolute form, in its ultimately polished form. 

The biggest strength of "The Fae" is how well-rounded it is. The fantasy narrative does not let down, providing an anchor for the EP right till the very end, allowing YMIR to be creative with his lyricism and equally creative with his production. There is no part of this project that wouldn't be very difficult to critique, since everything genuinely feels oiled together really well, from cohesiveness to the individual track quality, and, to be frank, that is precisely what pushes it to the 100/100 mark.