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Ski Mask
Pop · 2013 · 11 tracks · 40m

Ski Mask

Islands

Polished indie pop that pairs shimmering synthesizers with dark, existential lyrics. A clean, crystalline record about mortality and the self.

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It's the perfect record for when you want to dance but also think about your own funeral.

A shimmering, synth-pop facade that barely conceals a deep, cold pool of existential reflection.

Ski Mask · vs · Islands
Crisp Clean+4.0σ

The production is built around crisp clean than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 40m
01
Wave Forms
2:54
02
Death Drive
2:50
03
Becoming the Gunship
3:51
04
Nil
2:07
05
Sad Middle
3:05
06
Hushed Tones
5:17
07
Here Here
4:19
08
Shotgun Vision
3:09
09
Of Corpse
4:17
10
We'll Do It So You Don't Have To
4:15
11
Winged Beat Drums
4:50
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden shift into the driving, motorik beat of Death Drive that feels both urgent and detached.
The way the lush, synth-heavy atmosphere of Becoming the Gunship builds into a soaring but lonely climax.
The skeletal, clicking percussion and whispered intimacy that opens Hushed Tones before it expands.
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