This Week's Releases 14/12 - Charlotte Gainsburg, Kodak Black, Vic Mensa and more.
Releases of the week 8/12/2018 - 14/12/2018
Featured Release
Charlotte Gainsburg - Take 2 - EP (Art Pop, Synth Pop)
"Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced a new EP called Take 2. The five-track project, which features her cover of Kanye West’s “Runaway,” is out December 14 via Because Music. Today, she’s shared the EP’s first song “Such a Remarkable Day.” Check it out below with a video of Gainsbourg’s live performances.
Take 2 is produced by Frank Ocean collaborator SebastiAn and mixed by Tom Elmhirst. See the artwork below. Last year, Gainsbourg released Rest, which featured on Pitchfork’s “50 Best Albums of 2017.”
Other Notable Relases
Kodak Black - Dying To Live (Hip Hop, Trap)
Vic Mensa - Hooligans EP (Conscious Hip Hop)
$ilkMoney - *I Hate My Life and I Really Wish People Would Stop Telling Me Not To * (Hip Hop, Trap)
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?
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.
Things are slowing down as they usually do this time of year, with just a few mixtapes and EPs going around this week. I'll keep posting these as they take my interest - apologies in advance if I miss anyone's more niche favourites.
Charlotte Gainsbourg's release last year was solid, and this new EP feels like a brief extension of it. A few decent news songs and some welcome live tracks - the cover of 'Runaway' is pretty neat. Nothing in-all to get too excited about.
I've been a fan of Kodak Black the last few years - he's a talented guy with strangely introspective bars despite being an absolute fucking moron. Listening to his latest release now, and it's sounding like his most mature effort yet. I was hesitant to highlight it as a feature because of his controversial legal issues, but this is an essential listen this week in my eyes.