Abhinav Sarangthem

EDEN takes a journey of self discovery and acceptance in no future. The sophomore effort from one of indie's most underrated artists, EDEN aligns spacious beats and slick choruses with, while not the most descriptive lyrics, casually emotional lyrics. Some moments on the album crescendo to a perfect payoff ("rushing", "2020", "isohel"), while others slither in ignorance of cliches, like the flippant "????", and the anti-chorus of the catchy "hertz". There are some in-betweens of the LP, tracks like "so far so good" and "$treams" serve as leeways for other songs, faring worse than the shorter transitional moments in the album ("static", "in"). But EDEN has a long way to go.