Surprise! Bring Me The Horizon have just snuck a 23-track lo-fi mixtape into your ears like a sneaky download from Limewire in 2004 – minus the virus that destroys your family computer. Lo-files is the most unhinged, genius and weirdly soothing curveball from the Sheffield bruisers yet, and it’s perfect for just chilling out and vibing.
Reworking classics drawn from Sempiternal to last year’s POST HUMAN: NeX Gen, the band have teamed up with some of the biggest and best names in lo-fi sounds. The likes of Casiio, No Spirit, drxnk and Mondo Loops all jump on board to turn some of these pit anthems into zoned-out chill-a-thons that are just as perfect for smashing through coursework as they are for sitting in your dinner jacket puffing on an e-pipe.
Opener canyoufeelmy<3.tmpx is a featherlight reimagining of a former screamer that now feels like you're floating through a sad rave at 2am. The drums tap like rain on glass, while the riff evolves into an ethereal, almost cosmic life force that takes your mind into the clouds.