This week, Aesop Rock quietly shared a brand new album known as I Heard It’s a Mess There Too. The fast follow-up to Might’s Black Hole Superette is now broadly out there throughout digital streaming platforms through Rhymesayers Entertainment. Take heed to the 12-song album, and watch a video for “Full Home Pinball,” directed by Justin “Coro” Kaufman, beneath.
Aesop Rock mentioned in a press launch, “The phrase ‘I Heard It’s a Mess There Too’ began as a lyric, but it surely bought its hooks in me quickly after. It felt acquainted, like one thing I’d mentioned a thousand instances whereas checking in with pals throughout completely different cities. The extra I sat with it, the extra it began to really feel like the middle of this challenge… It’s about commentary and communication. Sonically, I wished a reset—cleaner beats, more room, fewer layers. Simply sufficient to get a wave rolling and never way more.”
Examine Aesop Rock’s Labor Days at No. 58 in Pitchfork’s “The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.”
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