Don't get too close

"The dubstep disruptor returns with two albums - one of super-massive bass juggernauts, one of dizzy emo-rap - that make a surprisingly strong case for the Skrillex reboot ... Don't Get Too Close, the more adventurous but marginally less successful of the two, scores the interior world of our hero's adventure in a very-now merger of emo, rap, J-pop, memecore, video game music, and angsty boy-girl duets. Again, guests on every available surface: old bud Justin Bieber, rappers Chief Keef, Kid Cudi, and Swae Lee, and viral pop arrivals PinkPantheress and Prentiss".

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"Surprise release 'Don't Get Too Close' shows another facet of Skrillex: It's fun to see UK garage making an appearance on "Ceremony" with Bladee, adding yet another facet to Skrillex's wheelhouse, and not feeling out of place as he dips into this new genre. This then melts into "Real Spring", where notes of Rap and Hip-Hop mesh with the electronic sounds - similarly on "3am", where Skrillex continues to play with vocals as he did on 'Quest For Fire', and turns the vocoded hook into an oscillating synth for the latter half of the track. While these two albums could hold up on their own, each in their own genre, it's interesting to see how much Skrillex has linked the two".

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"The dubstep disruptor returns with two albums - one of super-massive bass juggernauts, one of dizzy emo-rap - that make a surprisingly strong case for the Skrillex reboot ... Don't Get Too Close, the more adventurous but marginally less successful of the two, scores the interior world of our hero's adventure in a very-now merger of emo, rap, J-pop, memecore, video game music, and angsty boy-girl duets. Again, guests on every available surface: old bud Justin Bieber, rappers Chief Keef, Kid Cudi, and Swae Lee, and viral pop arrivals PinkPantheress and Prentiss".

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"Surprise release 'Don't Get Too Close' shows another facet of Skrillex: It's fun to see UK garage making an appearance on "Ceremony" with Bladee, adding yet another facet to Skrillex's wheelhouse, and not feeling out of place as he dips into this new genre. This then melts into "Real Spring", where notes of Rap and Hip-Hop mesh with the electronic sounds - similarly on "3am", where Skrillex continues to play with vocals as he did on 'Quest For Fire', and turns the vocoded hook into an oscillating synth for the latter half of the track. While these two albums could hold up on their own, each in their own genre, it's interesting to see how much Skrillex has linked the two".

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