Manchester producer Acre follows up his early releases for Visionist’s Lost Codes and Pinch’s labels Cold Recordings and Tectonic with his debut album Better Strangers. The album takes the grime, dubstep, and techno styles that Acre has explored in the past as a jumping point to explore stranger, more experimental, and more distinctive areas. There’s a greater depth to Acre’s sound designs and textures on Better Strangers, while tracks like ‘Tarantula’ and ‘Dek U’ are subtly melodic, conveying a greater emotional resonance than before.