Become Other
Simply Fantastic, 2025
9/10
The prolific Atlanta artist Ben Bostick shifts away from his country roots with this new album, where a genre-skipping effort breeds 12 atypical tracks.
The soft buzzing of “The Tangle” opens with a warm spirit that builds into dense bouts and bright spoken word, and “Heavy Heart” follows with intimate singing and strong attention to ambience that uses animated drums.
Halfway through, “GNTL HZ” comes with a distinct dreaminess that’s poetic and full of graceful strings, while “The Weaver” carries a sci-fi quality via the beats, thumping presence and processed singing.
Residing close to the end, the symphonic and soaring “World Without Measure” can retreat to calm ebbs of wind beauty, and “Transfigured Night” exits with a highly lush and eloquent display of chamber ideas.
An effort that tips it hat to both Trent Reznor and Beethoven, Become Other follows a hero’s journey through despair, relief and metamorphosis in exciting and unpredictable ways that further illustrate’s Bostick’s artistic capabilities.
Travels well with: Ben Bostick- The Rascal Is Back; Ben Bostick- Grown Up Love