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Music Review: “Krewella” a Pop-Inflected Intro to Dubstep

Electronic dubstep group Krewella has released their first full-length album, “Get Wet.” Krewella’s music is similar to artists such as Cazzette, Flux Pavillion, and the newly popular Zedd. Krewella’s album will leave you tired from clubbing all night.
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Electronic dubstep group Krewella has released their first full-length album, “Get Wet.” Krewella’s music is similar to artists such as Cazzette, Flux Pavillion, and the newly popular Zedd. Krewella’s album will leave you tired from clubbing all night. The album has a good mix of fast-paced songs with slower-paced ones, all representing the astounding sound and range of the two vocalists, sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf.

The album opens with “Live for the Night,” a relatively slower song compared to the rest of the album. The song is the perfect opener to prepare for a night of dancing. The lyrics foreshadow the tone of the rest of the album: “I’mma do what I want, whatever/ I’mma rage til the dawn, all-nighter.”

Track three, “Come & Get It,” opens sounding reminiscent of Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek” but doesn’t remain that way. This song feels like the start of the album, its first rave-ready track. The rest of the album alternates between slower and faster paced dubstep.

“Dancing with the Devil,” track six on the album, is a collaboration with Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. The heavy dubstep sound hits a climax at two and half minutes in and sets up the next track, the album’s best.

“Alive” satisfies with lyrics that’ll make you want to sing along, though its pop sounds may be a bit misplaced on an album of mostly dubstep.

The last track on the album, named “This Is Not the End,” ends the album on a high note. You might be tired from dancing through the entire album, but this song doesn’t skip a beat. Hopefully the title is honest and Krewella will soon release more music. This album is a good introduction for someone just getting into the dubstep genre: it’s not as aggressive as hardstyle dubstep and has roots in pop.

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