There is something deliciously conspiratorial about Hidden Shores and the release of the "Neon Silence" EP. I find myself picturing the artist wiping chalk dust off their hands after a day of teaching elementary schoolers, only to go home, dim the lights, and converse with algorithms. It’s not your typical moonlighting gig; while most are decompressing with reality TV, Hidden Shores is out there...

You can feel the heat radiating off this project from the very first second. Lylantz has dropped an album that acts as a twenty-track inferno, demanding your immediate attention from the jump. The sheer scale of the project is staggering, offering an intense look into the mind of an artist who refuses to play it safe. "Zero" is heavy, unapologetic, and completely unbothered by traditional...