Life in the Background feels more than a purely sonic experience. As if walking into an abstract visual audio exhibition in the spirit of adventure and exploration, there are awe moments when you find something really cool.

Like all great art, the wonderful experimentation Oneo Fakind have with beats and electronic music didn’t derive far from our daily life. There are sounds that feel familiar, tangible almost, and there are the stranger sounds that drift and shift in between the hypnotic groove, where the lo-fi hip-hop beats and drifting ambiance create a mood that is so easy to relate to as it gently transforms the way you perceive life.

The color seems warmer and chiller at the same time in “Life in the Background.” There’s a natural, childlike wonder in the sound that intrigues you to explore. The atmosphere feels dense and vague at times, but the details on high resolution create a surreal, urban vibe that is hard to shake off.

Familiar sounds and stranger sounds shift and disappear in between hypnotic grooves. Atmospheres that are dense and vague have a high resolution on details that feel a little surreal, but the feelings always ground you. The only thing that anyone could wish for is for the EP to be longer. There’s a very strong desire to hear more from them.

Oneo Fakind seems to be expressing something deeper with their music. Even though it wasn’t communicated through words, it’s deep in their music. “The Residue of Your Voice is like a Rotten Tooth Full of Moth” evokes those feelings in your bones. It’s nostalgic, it’s melancholy, it’s immersive, and it’s massive. It spreads into the air and becomes everything that we see, hear, and taste, like an exhibition.