The Creepy Crawlies

New York artist DJ Wally’s third album is this year’s most aptly named long player; from the disturbing horror artwork cover and the dead paced, often claustrophobic slow motion beats, the Queens producer has tapped into a sound that’s unnerving yet utterly compelling. With its roots in hip-hop, ‘Crawlies’ abstract beats nonetheless bristle with an unusually nervous, tense energy. Check in particular ‘Hybrid Sermon’, where a piece of classical music appears unexpectedly, or the guitar laden ‘I Must Be Mad’ and ‘The Crawlies’, atmospheric tracks that literally plead to be listened to. An understated but wonderfully dark interpretation of the abstract sound.