Monday, December 11, 2017

DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.


22/thundercat/drunk

That cover. A mouth hidden, muffled, and yet you can feel, hear even, the words "it's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under" as you watch that head keep itself (for the most part) above water. And over the course of an hour that's the game at play for our protagonist here: staying afloat while lifted and traversing through unsteady waters. Drunk is a funk laden odyssey from the 33 year old Los Angeles bassist out here doing the most while stuck in the clouds and going thru them changes out here in these streets. Taking its cues from the expansive tonal colors and unbridled possibilities of funk and jazz, Drunk is a spacey and often times woozy set that seeks peace as THUNDERCAT uses the tools at his disposal to find clarity, collect comfort, or ride off into space and on to the sun, the entire time never losing its cool veneer and funk laced sheen.

KEY TRACKS: Show You the Way/Them Changes/The Turn Down 

23/kehlani/sweetsexysavage

24/palberta/bye bye berta

25/father john misty/pure comedy

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