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Obsidian is the second studio album by American electronic musician Baths, released on May 28, 2013 by Anticon. The album was preceded by the single Miasma Sky released on March 6, 2013. Obsidian received generally positive acclaim from critics and gained a title of best new music by Pitchfork. It also peaked at number fifteen and sixteen on Billboard's Top DanceElectronic Albums and Heatseekers Albums respectively. On Baths' latest full-length, Will Wiesenfeld flexes his singer-songwriter muscles over a group of beats that have a much poppier feel. What did you think of this album Love it. Will Wiesenfeld wanted his second album as Baths to be nothing short of an out-of-body experience. While creating, producing, and performing Cerulean by himself may have been a declaration of independence at one point, he soon felt trapped and limited behind his MPDs, unable to fully connect with crowds, and mislabeled as a DJ. Last year, a debilitating bout with E. coli rendered him incapable of eating or getting out of bed, let alone creating new music. After slowly convalescing, he channeled all of these pent-up frustrations and desires- for escape, for artistic growth, for transformation, for death, for self-actualization- into Obsidian. Obsidian is Will Wiesenfelds 3rd full length album under the solo project Baths. Obsidian provides a stark contrast to the often upbeat themes and bright rhythmic elements of Baths' debut LP Cerulean. Wiesenfeld has stated that although he was already working on an album with darker themes, much of the inspiration for the mood of the album came from his experience with a severe case of E. coli, which left him mostly bedridden and in pain for weeks. I got really, really sick with E Coli for upwards of like three months and I was bedridden. Baths - Obsidian review: Baths stops asking all the wrong questions. Obsidian is the pissed-off older brother nobody knew Cerulean had, the budding antithesis of its predecessors contentment. It's dark in the darkest of ways, too- as if its menacing album cover didnt suggest this in the first place. But to be fair, there was plenty reason to believe Obsidian was going to be an equally enthused affair. Miasma Sky, the albums first single, presented itself in an excited flurry. But at the end of the day, the track exists as exception over rule, existing as the single beam of light in an otherwise pitch-black room. Obsidian by Baths, released 28 May 2013 1. Worsening 2. Miasma Sky 3. Ironworks 4. Ossuary 5. Incompatible 6. No Eyes 7. Phaedra 8. No Past Lives 9. Earth Death 10. Released on Anticon, the record blurred the line between post-modern pop and the LA beat scene with devastating emotional clarity. His sophomore album, Obsidian, finds him emerging as one of the most complete artists of his generation. As you might expect, the name hints at darker overtones. The mood is shimmering and pitch-black, the lovely blood flow has turned into lava. Listen free to Baths Obsidian Worsening, Miasma Sky and more. 10 tracks 43:21. Obsidian is the second studio album by American electronic musician Baths released on 28 May 2013 on Anticon. The album was preceded by the single Miasma Sky. Will Wiesenfeld AKA Baths was born in 1989, in Los Angeles, California. Wiesenfield is a classically trained musician, and began learning the piano at the age of four to compete with his brother. By twelve he had completely abandoned it, but continual musical experimenting lead him to record his first piece of music at age fourteen. However, both are in full force on Obsidian, a set of songs that are much darker but also much catchier than his debut. They're also a lot more personal, to the point of being uncomfortably - yet fascinatingly - direct: Wiesenfeld's lyrics are riddled with disturbing questions and confessions that he tosses off almost casually. Genre: Glitch Pop. Obsidian is the exactly the type of record a Baths fan should be excited for: something simultaneously original, brave, and exciting to listen to over and over again. Full Review. Best of 2013. Worst of 2013. Obsidian album. Just better. 1 Reception. 2 Track listing. 3 Charts. 4 References. 5 External links