An Instant Party-Starter Anywhere on Planet Earth
Plus: a melancholy world of glass-topped coffee tables and Armani suits, and a rapper with a vocab sure to melt even the thickest thesaurus.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we review a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
To quote one of our reviews this week, “If you’re allergic to fretless bass, keep it moving.” Otherwise, come on in, the water’s warm. We’ve got grimy-ass grime and Brazilian-Arabic funk on deck.
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