This Week's Releases 23/11 - Oneohtrix Point Never, Dipset, Rita Ora
Releases of the week 17/11/2018 - 23/11/2018
Featured Release
Oneohtrix Point Never - Love In The Time Of Lexapro (EP) (Prog Electronic, Ambient)
Oneohtrix Point Never has dropped off his new EP, Love in the Time of Lexapro....
The new effort follows producer Daniel Lopatin’s impressive 2018 album, Age Of, and The Station EP from July. It contains a pair of new songs and alternate, collaborative versions of two Age Of tracks.
The two previously unreleased originals are titled, “Thank God I’m a Country Girl” and “Love in the Time of Lexapro”. The latter title track has been an audience favorite on Lopatin’s Age Of tour, but has never been properly recorded and released until now. Also included is a rework of Age Of’s “Last Known Image Of A Song” from veteran Japanese experimental musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant), as well as an updated take on Age Of highlight “Babylon” featuring additional contributions from (Sandy) Alex G.”
Other Notable Relases
Dipset - Diplomatic Ties (Trap, Hip Hop)
Rita Ora - Let You Love Me (Pop, Electropop)
Boosie Badass - Boosie Blues Cafe (Hip Hop, Blues)
Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! (Indie, Rock)
Feel free to discuss or feature any and all other releases in the comments below
Discussion Points
Have you listened to any of these releases yet?
What are your thoughts?
What are you looking forward to listen to?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?
// All feedback on this format welcome below.
Pretty slow week, but I felt Oneohtrix Point Never's new EP would be a great left-of-field choice for the feature. I think Lopatin consistently proves himself to be one of the most interesting electronic artists of today. I've given it a couple of spins, and it's a tight package. Some very mood-setting ambient tracks, and a collab from Sandy Alex G to finish it all off. It's not even 15 minutes, so I think everyone should try and hear it this weekend if they can.
The album I was most looking forward to though was Boosie Blue Cafe. As Boosie is one of the more 'real' voices in gangsta/trap rap, I thought it was super interesting that he was tackling a totally new sound. The result is, well, really bad! But I can't help but kind of love it. It totally ranges from being an interesting fusion of Hip Hop and Blues to strange songs where Boosie just kind of talks over the top of confused backing tracks because he can't really sing. 'I Know How To Have A Good Time' might just be the worst song I've heard this year, but other tracks like 'Love Yo Family' show an optimistic side to Boosie's outlook that I wasn't expecting.
The whole album just made me smile, something about hearing Boosie rap about going to heaven and seeing all his old, dead heroes, or how much he loves his gran's Potato Salad, just warmed my heart.
Hah, yeah the Boosie album was "interesting"... but despite its flaws there is something kind of charming about how genuine it is and for whatever strange reason I actually love rappers who can't sing but still try to. e.g. ODB
Dipset's Diplomatic Ties was fucking sick... really, really solid album IMO, which was especially unexpected after such a super long hiatus since their last album. And I say that as someone who is generally not a fan of Dipset's old stuff or Cam'ron either. The whole album is on Bandcamp BTW.
p.s. @Whom if you're still looking for some good new hip-hop, I would definitely recommend Diplomatic Ties.
Mankind (SciryL and !LLumiN@TE) - Sol-Trane was also released a few days ago too... it was alright. I really liked Juneteenth (1820-1920) which they released last year, but I think their crazy fast release rate (4-5 albums per year) really hurts their quality a fair bit so they seem to be quite hit or miss.