the 2010s are back, and Frost Children's "SISTER" is concrete proof.

I've always had a love for electronic music from the 2010s; it's all that played around me when I was younger, courtesy of my dad. Any drive we took, the BPM SiriusXM station would provide the soundtrack, artists like deadmau5, Skrillex, Tiesto, and Porter Robinson's best hits playing on repeat. It's the reason why I fell in love with EDM from such a young age, and even why I fell in love with music as a whole, which is why I want to shed some light on Frost Children's latest album, SISTER, and how it brings back the emotions and overall feeling that 2010s electronic music brought to the population.

The cover for SISTER, the fifth album from the duo Frost Children. /Spotify

"It's the new sound, coming to save you." A line from the third track of the album, "Electric", although this sound may sound fresh to untrained ears, this sound that was perpetuated by the St. Louis native sibling duo for this album invokes a wave of nostalgia to those blinded by how simpler and care-free the early to mid-2010s felt. In a way, it's a new old sound, coming to save us, to bring us back to the feelings of simpler times. The first track, "Position Famous", builds the foundation for the album, the pre-drop building upon beautiful bells and calming synths that immediately transport you back into the 2010s, followed by a booming but graceful electro house drop that immerses you even more into this time period, so much so you might as well be listening to this LP on your 4th generation iPod touch. These clear-sounding, less harsh synths become a repeating pattern on this album, making a return on "Don't make me cry", "Falling", "Blue Eyes", and "2 LOVE". "Falling" is the song for me that invokes the most nostalgia, if you showed someone this song completely blind, the loud poppy synths with the EDM ballad-esque lyrics would make anyone that doesn't know any better think this song is a lost hit from 2012. I heard this song for the first time live, as Frost Children played this as an unreleased track when opening for Porter Robinson in Chicago, and honestly, after hearing it live and seeing the wave of nostalgia hit the crowd as much as it hit me, I knew that this project was going to be not only nostalgic, but just a good record overall. "Blue Eyes", my personal favorite song off of this project, is so upbeat and fun that it can make anyone want to get up and dance and forget about everything in the moment, the production reminiscent of "I Remember" by deadmau5 and Kaskade. "2 LOVE" and "Don't make me cry" also invoke the same feeling, however not much about these songs really separates themselves from the other tracks listed, which is okay as it makes the album sound more cohesive. Fun fact: Porter Robinson, who is a 2010s EDM legend himself, helped produce and write "Don't make me cry", which I think contributes to the reason why the drop near the end of the song sounds like something off of one of Tiesto's "Club Life" mixes from yester year.

Lulu and Angel Prost, the faces behind the sibling duo. /@thefrostchildren on instagram

Although all of the tracks on the album were nostalgia-inducing, not all tracks were created equal. Apart from the youthful, happy ballad tracks, the other half of the tracks were noisy and gritty, but they still contained that early 2010s aura. "Dirty girl" begins explosively, with loud, harsh synths and percussion blended that almost emulates the sound created by Justice in their self-titled LP. The saw waves of "Ralph Lauren" create a buildup that could be compared to "Cthulhu Sleeps" or "Sofi Needs A Ladder" off of deadmau5's 2012 album 4x4=12, followed by a catchy and addictive verse from Babymorocco. "Radio", featuring Kim Petras, who has also stepped into the 2010s realm of music with her single "Freak It" (also produced by Frost Children), has the same noisy atmosphere but with strong, clear vocals added to it, making the song loud yet danceable. "ELECTRIC" and "CONTROL", being back to back on the album, bounce off of each other and set a more noisy tone at the start of the album, before "WHAT IS FOREVER FOR" brings it down, right after "Bound2U".

The last two tracks I have yet to touch on, "4 ME" and "Sister", in my opinion, didn't really have a place in the album, as they ruined the nostalgic immersion for me a little bit, yet the rest of the songs on the album were able to outshine them and bring me back into this place of nostalgia.

Frost Children opening for Porter Robinson at the Salt Shed in Chicago (05/17/25). /me

If you're craving to transport yourself back into the simpler times of the early 2010s through means of music, but looking for something new to dive into, I would recommend giving this album a listen, especially if you find yourself reminiscing on the EDM pop hits of that time. It's fun, upbeat, danceable, and oh so nostalgic.