[Album Review] Draper - Sonder EP

First off, I did not end up going to see Figure in Santa Ana on Sunday. I saw the movie Saving Mr. Banks earlier in the day and did not feel emotionally stable enough to drive late at night.

That being said, I wasn't planning on writing a post before the end of the year, so when Draper dropped his Sonder EP, it really hit me as a surprise.

I've known of Draper for a while, but haven't really kept up with him. Since he was signed to Monstercat, however, his rise in notoriety is undeniable. 

Known for melodic, liquid dubstep and drum & bass, Draper has been at it for a little over three years. For as long as he's been producing, his style and vision are unmistakable. Long, heavy and beautiful chord progression with a variety of instrumentals and synths make his music dynamic and acoustically pleasing.

Sonder EP follows this same ideal - that music need not follow the Rusko or Skrillex patterns. 

With only two releases in the past year on Monstercat, Sonder EP is Draper's first full release since his eponymous EP almost two years ago.

Beautifully crafted with plucky guitar riffs, some 808 drum snares, and catchy piano melodies, Sonder EP is a wonderfully executed concept. Coming at the end of the year, with track titles such as New Year, Aftermath, and Aspire, the EP is meant to encourage future-thinking. Complacency is the enemy of progress.