Mirrored

Let me start by saying you have not really heard anything like Mirrored. Well maybe that is a overstatement, but it is a record that is extremely left of center. It sounds like you are in the year 2075 listening to a band fronted by a refined human/robot hybrid expressing feelings that only a robot could understand. I appreciate how deliberate this album is. Mirrored uses technology in a way that retained some seriousness to the music. It doesn't really have the cheeky undertones that you will find with most electronic music. I think they have acheived that b/c they use conventional instruments as well. "Atlas" is easily one of my favorite songs of the year and has not escaped my mind yet, with its repetitive drummiing, cartoonish vocals and surprising layers. That song alone is almost worth the purchase. Battles are not for everyone but is for someone.