Oh Annie Oh! The London-based Korean producer packs four tracks with a bassline so strong it sucks the air out of the room and pulls on your heart like a suction cup. Block N Delete draws on elements of techno, dubstep and speed garage — basically, bass music — for a concept EP based around the artist’s “experiences with modern dating.” The four tracks chronicle the trials and tribulations of contemporary romance, the kind of romance that peaks in a moment memorialized by a track called “Bye Hoe.”

“Obsessed” leads off with breathy, wasted techno and a melody assembled by a liturgical choir of pinched moans. It’s the most versatile track on here and the bass is life-affirming, and possibly life-changing. The twitchy “In Luv” captures the manic feeling of obsessive love and mania in general — that sense of becoming intensely focused on absolutely everything around you to the point of being unable to focus on anything at all. “Bye Hoe” is the most dub-centric of the four tracks, with a title track cutting a booty-swinging swagger. This is not art that makes you think but art that makes you scream.

⚪️ Block N Delete Tracklisting

Oh Annie Oh: Block N Delete (Future Bounce / Digital) 1. Obsessed (03:44) 2. In Luv (03:44) 3. Bye Hoe (03:38) 4. Block N Delete (04:22)

Photo via Oh Annie Oh on Bandcamp.

⚪️ Disclosure Statement

This record was submitted as a promo.

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