“Magic Drops” is an opening salvo that draws heavily on one of Jam City‘s major influences – early Grime production. The track’s distinctive gliding square lead could be straight out of the Eski era, a Wileyism that Jam makes his own by framing it with a crunked-out snap beat, infused with the sounds of robotic pistons and underpinned by gigantic 808 booms aimed straight at the dancefloor. Just when this startling groove begins to feel familiar, surprise synths and dreamy keys flood the track with some of that glow-in-the-dark Night Slugs ecstasy.
Next comes sister track “Scene Girl”, which borrows the pumping piston drums of the title cut, this time set to dirty makout sawtooths, moans and whimpers.
The EP closes with “2 Hot”, the most atmospheric of the three. Keeping in line with the halftime groove of its predecessors, this is a mesh of droning melodies and trance synths that gather over the track like thunderclouds.