Monday, October 6, 2014

#1437 Sjukstugan - PsykoAkustik

This is more like it - the man who got me into the Swedish hip hop scene brings it back in 2014. This is some of the most inventive underground hip hop production I've heard since Temporary Forever. Jazzy licks, Waitsian grit, unexpected subsections and quirky choruses lay the foundation, while mouthy vocalizations offset those hard edges on the lyrical front. It works as pure, strange headbobbing, and also as abstract, inventive music to sink your teeth into.

The non-Swedish speaker is missing out on some solid lyrics I bet, but the upside is that you can soak the album up as unadulterated intricate, hooky sound - highly recommended for hip hop fans of all kinds 4/5

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