"The physicality and darkness aren't just borne out of a 24-year-old's first brush with death. Obsidian is in some aspect a "grown up" record in that the characters find themselves in adult situations. But they aren't mature by any means. In fact, the sexual conduct is fueled by as much nihilism as the apocalyptic conjuring".
"On Obsidian, it seems that Wiesenfeld is trying to avoid addressing his emotions head on by hiding them behind effects-laden beats, as captivating as those beats sometimes are. Or, in other words, he's substituting musical complexity for emotional, lyrical complexity, not attempting to address the layers of his feelings hand-in-hand with their musical manifestations".