World of Slime - SNAILS

The good: SNAILS has established his brand of what he calls 'vomistep' in the modern heavy dubstep scene, and the sound design is definitely unique, and honestly quite enjoyable. Some of this stuff is indeed pretty nasty, grimy, or whatever other similar adjective you want to apply — SNAILS is no stranger to crushing dubstep drops and powerful briddim. The collaborator list is incredibly stacked, featuring the likes of Kompany, Kill The Noise and Subtronics, and yet you can always hear SNAILS' distinctive vomitstep sound pushing through the mix to deliver a slimy load of bass.

The bad: What I find problems with the most is the attitude of the holistic project. "World of Slime" doesn't feel like it warrants being an EP at all to me, ultimately boiling down to a bunch of purely festival tracks that seem to serve no other purpose. Very little care is given to the actual structuring of the tracklist, and SNAILS opts for a disgruntled heap of tunes that would probably go off at a rave but not quite at home. Whilst I have nothing inherently against that idea, "World of Slime" feels disingenuous as a result.