Getter has made it quite clear over social media these last few months that he is fed up with producing heavy bass music. He told fans that his track with Space Laces was going to be the last heavy release fans would hear in a while, but still promised the innovation and creativity that has brought the legend to where he is today. With a seemingly infinite time span between the Visceral album teaser and its release date, fans have been itching to hear where Getter was heading with his sound.
The emotional ‘Solo’, euphoric ‘All Is Lost’, and minimal yet melodic ‘Made For You (Alone Again)’ gave impatient listeners a taste of what was to come, and the excitement continued to build until now. Today, we can finally listen to one of the most anticipated albums of the year, and boy it does not disappoint. A Visceral thread on Reddit has people commenting their favourite tracks, with no song being mentioned twice in a row, yet every song is mentioned at least once. If this is not a testament to the diversity and quality of the album as a whole, we do not know what is.
You will only be disappointed by Visceral if you go into it expecting the old Getter. It has been made clear that this was not the direction he was going with it, so you’d be a fool to still think otherwise. Even then, some of the tracks such as ‘Numb’ and ‘Hold On Tight’ have that classic Getter “future bass” feel (think ‘Something New’ or ‘Ode 2 Phife’) to them with crisp production found in Terror Reid tunes. Any electronic music fan will appreciate the clean, sophisticated production and raw emotion that every track invokes. The sensations that emerge when listening to ‘On My Way Out’ and ‘Best Of Me’ almost make it seem as if you are feeling Getter’s emotions when he was writing these songs.
Strap in and listen to Visceral from start to finish below; you won’t regret it.
