A Basement Rock Tour de Force
Plus a brutal and oddly calming electronic soundtrack for society’s future collapse
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we recommend a handful of new records that you need to hear. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s new and cool. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
This week, we define “basement rock” via a shining new example, check in with a first-gen Odd Future member, survive late summer with liberation house music, savor some crazy close harmonies, and prepare for the coming apocalypse (musically speaking). No time to waste, let’s dig in.
