Skee Mask followed his breakout album, 2018's widely acclaimed Compro, with several low-key EPs of breakbeat techno explorations, as well as one fully ambient release. His third full-length, digitally released without warning in May of 2021, is a nearly two-hour epic that features some of his most expressive, intense compositions to date. All of the 18 tracks are around five or six minutes each, and every one of them feels carefully labored over, yet they all have an effortless, natural flow to them. Pool generally feels like less of a journey through the wintry countryside than Compro did, though it's still awash in chilly, glowing textures. "Rdvnedub" gradually applies shimmering dub echoes to knotty, shifting beats, threatening to drift away in the tide but holding strong. The sparkling, gliding "CZ3000 Dub," one of Skee Mask's most club-friendly productions, magnificently recalls some of the more cruising tracks by Detroit techno producers like Juan Atkins and Stacey Pullen. "DJ Camo Bro" and "Harrison Ford" both start with jittery, footwork-esque beats and expand outward, revealing deeper complexities and surprising directions. "Collapse Casual" throws a curveball by opening with the same Scooby Doo sample that MF Doom flipped on his debut, then lays down a fizzy, ever-shifting beat and goes down the labyrinth with rugged bass and dubbed-out horns. Following a pair of amorphous ambient dub excursions, Skee Mask goes unexpectedly hard with the menacing, atmospheric breakcore of "Testo BC Mashup" and "Dolan Tours." "Crosssection" is an elastic piece of filter funk, and "Pepper Boys" is on par with the most imaginative acid mutations from Rephlex's heyday. So much ground is covered on Pool, yet none of it feels out of Skee Mask's league.