Skin
Flume
Flume’s Skin is the Australian producer’s second studio album, released in May 2016, and it pushes his glossy, off‑kilter electronic style into a bigger, stranger, and more collaborative direction. Built with a wide cast of guests—Kai, Tove Lo, Kučka, Vince Staples, Allan Kingdom, Raekwon, Little Dragon, AlunaGeorge, MNDR, and Beck—the record moves between warped future‑bass, hip‑hop, pop, and glitchy ambient pieces while still feeling like a single, unified sound world. Tracks like “Never Be Like You,” “Say It,” and “Smoke & Retribution” became the obvious singles, pairing sticky vocal hooks with Flume’s signature lurching drums, detuned synths, and sudden drops that feel more like emotional jolts than straightforward EDM payoffs.
Deeper in, Skin leans hard into texture and mood. Instrumentals such as “Helix,” “Wall Fuck,” “Pika,” and the closing “When Everything Was New” and “Tiny Cities” (featuring Beck) showcase his interest in turning feelings—nostalgia, numbness, anxiety—into jagged, nonlinear soundscapes built from distorted leads, granular vocal chops, and bass that often feels deliberately “broken.” Critics described the album as the “gritty future of electronic music,” noting how often it avoids conventional dance‑floor structures in favor of music that “sounds like a computer system crashing” while still delivering moments of warmth and upli
Skin
Flume
Flume’s Skin is the Australian producer’s second studio album, released in May 2016, and it pushes his glossy, off‑kilter electronic style into a bigger, stranger, and more collaborative direction. Built with a wide cast of guests—Kai, Tove Lo, Kučka, Vince Staples, Allan Kingdom, Raekwon, Little Dragon, AlunaGeorge, MNDR, and Beck—the record moves between warped future‑bass, hip‑hop, pop, and glitchy ambient pieces while still feeling like a single, unified sound world. Tracks like “Never Be Like You,” “Say It,” and “Smoke & Retribution” became the obvious singles, pairing sticky vocal hooks with Flume’s signature lurching drums, detuned synths, and sudden drops that feel more like emotional jolts than straightforward EDM payoffs.
Deeper in, Skin leans hard into texture and mood. Instrumentals such as “Helix,” “Wall Fuck,” “Pika,” and the closing “When Everything Was New” and “Tiny Cities” (featuring Beck) showcase his interest in turning feelings—nostalgia, numbness, anxiety—into jagged, nonlinear soundscapes built from distorted leads, granular vocal chops, and bass that often feels deliberately “broken.” Critics described the album as the “gritty future of electronic music,” noting how often it avoids conventional dance‑floor structures in favor of music that “sounds like a computer system crashing” while still delivering moments of warmth and upli