we are not the same by feature creep

https://l33k5p1n84574rd5.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-not-the-same

Genre: Vaporwave

Rating: 4/5

released on bandcamp December 24, 2021

we are not the same is is a melancholic ambient musical experience. I decided to simply list it as vaporwave mostly for my own convenience since it’s easier to use an umbrella term than figure out exactly what this is. To be honest, it’s a little outside of any categorization I can come up. It’s sad but it’s not like the rainy day sad I usually associate with vapor sorrow. It’s not drenched in wistful nostalgia either. It doesn’t clobber you over the head with it but it’s more like a life is hard but there’s also a lot of beauty in the arc as we carry on type of beauty. The only track that doesn’t fall in line is shot caller (extended version). No offense to the artist but I think that track disrupts the flow and hurts the overall product slightly. Others might see it as giving the record more dimension but that’s just my take. Besides that, it’s really a perfect record. It steadily evokes a mood and reinforces an emotional foundation with one beautiful and excellent track after the other. This is a special end of the year creation. The end of another sad year.