fartmonger

the start of this album felt very promising, however it grew pretty boring by the half way point. the instrumentation is good, but almost every song on here sounds the exact same so however good it is gets watered down. it also doesn't help that the vocals aren't super strong and the lyrics are even worse. it's not an awful listen but nothing I need to ever come back to

fav track: bellwether
least fav: anecdoche

i forgot lo-fi hip hop does not have to be the perjorative for mindless background slop intended for "study/relaxing" that i tend to think of it is as and can actually refer to genuine low fidelity hip hop, and id like to thank this ep for that. i think as technology and accsess to said technology only grows and advances, the descision to keep things dirty makes for a very strong statement. sometimes its just a nice stylistic descsion, but on "after hours" the lo-fi nature ... read more

edward skeletrix is a name ive heard a lot about, but other than that beat tape he made at thirteen, i havent gotten around to actually listening to him. i vaguely remember when he first blew up on tiktok with his extremely uncanny ai visuals, it was such a descisive and interesting aestetic to adopt, espeically considering this was still when genereative ai was in its infancy, and it certainly follows into the music. "skeletrix language" is probably one of the most unique hip hop ... read more

im not nearly as into boc as i used to be, but there was no way i was not going to listen to this as soon as it came out. "inferno" isnt quite as good as their early works, but its certainly an improvement over "tomorrow's harvest" and a rather worthy comeback. it may have been over a decade, two since something actualy good, but the atmosphere and talent is still present. one thing i noticed and quite loved from a first listen is the manipulation of vocal samples. ... read more