ALBUM REVIEW : Troye Sivan - TRXYE

I'm trying to think of an introduction to this review but it's proving to be very difficult. I honestly don't know much about Troye Sivan other than that he's a YouTuber and is quite popular with the #teenz. So, I suppose this review is coming from a totally unbiased place since I have no connection to Troye and literally just read his Wikipedia page to figure out a bit about him.

Anyway, TRXYE is a 5-song EP filled with electropop goodness. The album has a very consistent and cohesive feeling with a sort of dark pop vibe and a lot of interesting production going on. When I think of "internet people" transitioning into musicians I just automatically assume they are going to be acoustic or some sort of vocal-based singer-songwriter. So when I heard Troye's music I was pleasantly surprised. It's not like that at all. I wholeheartedly believe that electronic music, until quite recently, has been sort of underrepresented in the pop music scene but I can't say that anymore. Troye Sivan has embraced electronic...but not just by adding a beat or a bit of synth, there's some dark electronica in there and it really works. Who produced this? I must know. All of these tracks are screaming to be remixed, so give it a couple weeks...(days)...until the deep house remixes start emerging. I'm waiting.

Now, I'm not going to come in here and say that he's the best singer in the world, because he's not. He has a nice voice but there's not a lot of strength to it. I really don't care though because the music on this EP has more to do with the overall vibe. While I can't see him belting out an anthem anytime soon (maybe he has...again...I don't know anything about him) he has a very relaxing and soft voice on all the tracks which fits well with what he's trying to do.

Happy Little Pill and Touch are definitely my favorites on the album. Actually, now that I think about it, the order of the tracks on the album are also in order of how much I like them. When we get down to Gasoline and The Fault in Our Stars I start feeling a cheesy lyric vibe and I'm not about that. You might be. It's ok. We can like different things. For example, Gasoline has some nice R&B energy that's a little Frank Ocean-y and I can dig that.

You can buy it on iTunes if you want: Link!
Or, like, listen to it online before you buy it because you should be an informed consumer. I don't want to be responsible for you spending money on something you're not into. *fist bump*