With Untitled 2, KB-S offers a five-track, instrumental EP that pulses with the ache, adrenaline, and aftermath of obsessive love. Released on June 27, 2025, and recorded solo in the artistโs Minneapolis home studio, this follow-up to 2024โs โUntitledโ trades in hip-hop beats for ambient trap, lo-fi textures, and soul-stung synthscapes that speak louder than words ever could. Itโs minimalist in form but maximalist in emotion, quietly cinematic in the way it pulls you into the chaos of desire, confusion, and late-night spirals.
What surprised me most about the opener, โAlive Again,โ was the sound effect the song started with. It gave me a trip down memory lane as I was reminded of the Space Cadet pinball machine game with the way the music zoomed in and out. But as the spacey sound zooms out, the song officially starts. The song has some eye rolling sensational warm electric guitar chimes playing and riffing engagingly over the catchy beats. Itโs thrilling, like the start of something new and dangerousโflickering with light and reckless hope. But the high doesnโt last.
Track two, โMorning Star,โ starts to fracture the mood, its downtempo beat and sparkly guitar taps wrapping around an immersive, evolving undercurrent. Then comes โThe Heartโs Knot,โ a cinematic blend of orchestral textures and warping synths that crawl into your chest and tightenโan instrumental ode to entanglement.
โAfter Dark Thoughts of Herโ is where the sensuality creeps in slowly. Brooding and low-lit, it unfolds in tapping percussion and ambient drones, closing with ghostlike vocalization that chills as much as it comforts. By the time we reach the final track, โRewind,โ Untitled 2 has taken us through the cycle, infatuation, obsession, detachment, and nostalgia. โRewindโ questions the reality of the experience and mourns its passing while longing to relive it.
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Review by: Naomi Joan