Perhaps one of my best reasons for liking Tropics is because I don't really listen to music like this and of course by my saying "music like this" it implies that other music of this nature exists and for all that I know it simply does not. There is no good way to describe the music of Tropics using comparisons because there really isn't anything in my collection to compare it with exactly.
Right away I have this pegged as being somewhere between pop and soul. It has that just overall non-threatening and pleasant vibe to it that I feel puts it somewhere on that pop scale. Yet at the same time the music reminds me a bit of R&B and as such I can think of this as having soul if not directly being a reflection of soul music.
Between synthwave, new wave and just my banner of being smoov I really have no place to put this percussion filled slow jamz mix that can go from drums to drum machine. On Spotify, some of the related artists include but are not limited to Giraffage, Com Truise, Mount Kimble, Balam Acab, Sun Glitters, Gang Colours and Shlohmo, who I've admittedly listened to and enjoyed but still don't recall hearing anything like "Rapture" before.
If not for that "it's unlike anything I've ever heard before" tangible, this is going to stand out as one of my favorite albums on 2015 simply because it is that good. The fact that it is pleasing to the ears just makes me want to listen to it that much more, as it gets stuck in your head but in a good way. Imagine if you could eat all the candy you wanted without getting sick.
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