In a clear departure from his previous work as an IDM, drum n’ bass, and breakcore producer, Tim Exile’s latest disc delves into the dark side of electro-pop. With production more akin to The Knife than Dan Doormouse, Listening Tree is dense with complicated, schizophrenic layers of vibrant synths. Standout “Family Galaxy” slowly builds into a twisted, kaleidoscopic journey, while “Don’t Think We’re One” openly flirts with the Depeche Mode catalog. The hardest part of listening to Listening Tree is deciding whether to dance or just sit back and absorb the ideas Exile has crammed into each track.