After breaking out in early 2012 with a pair of buzzed-over EPs, 20-year-old Chicago-based producer Nick Zanca sequestered himself in his family's Vermont lake cottage to record his debut full-length. That seclusion can be heard and felt in the record's dark rhythms and muffled vocals, which give off a persistent air of loneliness. Mowgli is a record defined by its striking, downbeat atmosphere.
The specter of Massive Attack looms heavily across the whole album. With a gift for mood altering ambience, Mister Lies sets himself apart from much of his electronic music brethren. Don't be deterred by the gloominess: Mowgli's darkness will find ways to draw you in.