Fashion Week is very different from any other Death Grips album just for being so linear, and while Stefan Burnett's guttural, performance art-ish MCing is missed, their astoundingly dark and imaginative sonic palette remains intact.
While not as album-oriented as their past efforts have been, Fashion Week functions well as a beat tape through the diverse range of influences that Hill and producer Andy "Flatlander" Morin and have chosen to explore.
The album needs the percussive abrasion of his voice, and digging into some of the more typical slabs of Death Grips' instrumental tendencies doesn't unearth much more than a pretty solid workout soundtrack.
Generally speaking ... the tracks tend to stagnate, refusing to coalesce as anything more than a promotional stunt.
The only three things I wear are band shirts, baggy sweatpants, or jeans. That’s literally it
To be honest I was a little bit conflicted on whether I should even count this album but I decided on yes eventually. This was honestly better than I thought I was gonna be. Yeah towards the end it really starts to drag, but there is some good shit going on with this here. If Mr Ride was spitting fire on these songs, I could see this being a great DG album. I think that even though production is ... read more
Have not listened to in full, just instrumentals to troll about the 2nd side of Powers That B, Jenny Death, dropping.
For sure my least favorite Death Grips project. It has a lot of the same out there sounds and ideas that were used in The Powers that B, but doesn't have the solid ground of MC Ride's vocals to jump off of