Our generation has this big problem: we don't listen to albums. With iTunes dominating the world nowadays, singles matter and albums are losing their importance. Check out some scary statistics here.
Artists make cohesive, thematic albums for a reason: to be listened to in their entirety. Songs aren't the same without the context of an album. So here's a great album to kick the singles addiction.
Electronic music often gets written off as unartistic, but Baths will quell any doubts about the genre. His debut album Cerulean demonstrates the maturity and complexity one would expect from a seasoned artist, but Will Wiesenfeld is new to the electronic scene. However, he does have past experience in a band and played piano when he was a kid.
Cerulean is glitchy, but not annoying once you get familiar with it. The album will bring you up and down and back up again without transition; yet, it retains a consistent flow throughout. And glitchy as they are, his songs seem to represent the album as a whole, forming a parallel between song and record. And while Baths may be unfamiliar to one who doesn't routinely listen to electronic, his album is essentially pop as it can be easily appreciated.
If you still don't trust electronic, check out this video of Baths playing live. It's nuts how fast he can play his songs, and even more unbelievable when you realize that he completely changes up his songs live and on-the-spot.
-C
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