Based in a city known for stagnation and business as usual, Washington DC's Drop Electric exists to break the mold. Drop Electric's music is a manic barrage of soaring female vocals, distortion, tribal percussion, and electronic bleeps, controlled by structured, dynamic songwriting. In 2013, Ramtin Arablouei, Neel Singh, Sho Fujiwara and Kristna Reznikov sat down to record songs that would eventually become Waking Up to the Fire. The result is a bass heavy, electronic collection of songs. Like past Drop Electric releases, the songs on Waking Up to the Fire have a cinematic quality while Reznikov's voice and lyrics convey a sense of desperation in an increasingly disconnected world.