Joji has officially entered his "I’m just going to post my drafts and let you guys figure it out" era, and honestly, the results are a mess. Piss in the Wind is 21 tracks of pure musical blue-balls; he starts a beautiful melody, gets you swaying in your seat, and then just... stops, usually after about 90 seconds like he accidentally hit the 'delete' key. It’s an album that sounds like he spent four years on the grid only to come back and drop a collection of ... read more
Listening to The Fall Off feels less like a concert and more like reading a memoir written in real-time. The concept of splitting the project between his younger, hungry self (Disc 29) and his current, peaceful self (Disc 39) forces you to confront the passage of time, not just in his life, but in yours. The "Disc 29" era tracks remind me why I heralded him as a saviour of lyricism; the rapping is athletic, desperate, and sharp. But hearing that hunger juxtaposed against the calm of ... read more
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