I loved Tyondai's contribution, and I enjoyed hearing how they made due with guest artists when Tyondai left, but now I think they will be set on creating a new identity.I think it will be really interesting to see what BTTLS does now without him influencing the song structure.

Though I don't mind the next record being instrumental, I agree with some of your points. Maybe they didn't want to deal with or write music to vocals this time around but it's not like vocals can't be used in unique ways like weird sample patterns or sequences. They did that in a very straightforward way with Gloss Drop. 

I guess we'll have to wait until the 2019 record for vocals. 

I'm a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, Africastle and Futura were two of my favorite tracks on Gloss Drop. But the vocal tracks helped to break the record up and make it livelier I think. I liked their collaborations with other artists. I'm also concerned that an all-instrumental record will lose them some followers and make them more obscure. What do you think?