Style: Synthwave with chip tune influence
Primary Emotions/Themes: This is it, this is exactly what I wanted from Lukhash
Thoughts: The instant I dropped the needle on this record I knew something had changed. The boring synthwave of Transient Offworld was gone, in it's place we had glitched out chip tunes mixed with darksynth and synthwave. This is exactly what I was looking for.
The opener Cyberiad Theory is the perfect introduction to the sound on We Are Stardust. The song relies heavily on glitched chip tunes to deliver part of the melody. This is paired with a deep driving bass line, not too unlike the kind you would find in a darksynth album. The spacey synths from Transient Offworld also return, but this time they dance with the chip tunes and guitars to form melodies that are far superior to anything off the previous album.
Each song on We Are Stardust has it's own hook, it's own moment (or moment's) that drag me in. This marriage of synthwave and chip tunes is exactly what I needed from Lukhash. They have finally reached their potential with this album... the transition from their previous life to this one is now complete.
We Are Stardust is full of phenomenal music, so much so that I'll forgive the transgression that was Transient Offworld. I'm looking forward to seeing what Lukhash has in store for the future, but even if this is the last album from the project, this is one hell of a way to go out.
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