Bearbot’s music is billed as being contemporary vs. contemporary, rather than contemporary vs. old school, like so many other mashup artists fall into. Since this is obviously the sound she was going for, it only makes sense that there would be dubstep, the newest electronic music trend. This, along with the album’s uncreative choice of samples, is Evocation’s biggest weakness.
Bearbot is obviously going for a modern club-esque sound and image, as evidenced by the multiple photographs of her and the cover art. This in itself isn’t bad, but it lacks staying power and replayability. The instrumentals are almost all dubstep, which is overdone, cliche, and extremely uncreative. It seems like no real effort went into mixing these; she just laid vocals onto a generic dubstep track.
The sample choices are also poor and extremely overplayed. On this album, I counted at least 5 samples I’ve heard on more than 3 albums prior. They lack creativity and exude laziness, and says that she was not interested in finding good, new samples, but rather sticking with what has been used so many times before.
The songs are also very repetetive, often going on for much longer than they should (Easily, Busily). The transitions are also extremely awkward (when there are any), consiting almost solely of an abrupt explosion sound effect and changing into another, completely unrelated track with no real bridge between the two.
Overall, this album is not worth more than one listen, if that. It’s a mediocrely executed one trick pony. If you’re ooking for a clubby dance album, there are many other albums that fill that position much better.
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