A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP.
A$AP Rocky delivers again with a good album. The album starts of fantastically with "Long.Live.A$AP" and "Goldie" which draw you in straight away. Unfortunately the album teetered for me further into the album. A$AP Rocky is not the greatest lyricist but he does enough using his sometimes amusing rhymes with some bold beats.
7.0 / 10
Hear - Goldie
Emancipator - Dusk to Dawn
Released just near the end of the month, downtempo artist Emancipator's third album is beautiful. Each song takes its own journey, all individually exceptional that bring together a soulful album. Dusk to Dawn is a delicate masterpiece without needing to do anything brash to get your attention. Sit somewhere comfortable, close your eyes and enjoy.
8.0 / 10
FaltyDL - Hardcourage
FaltyDL has never been one for sticking to a single style and genre of music, and it is certainly difficult to pin him down to one. Hardcourage didn't hit out to me straight away, however it is certainly a grower. Some songs are a bit too floaty whilst others are right on point, which I guess in a sense is what he wants. Still very much an enjoyable album.
7.0 / 10
Ochre - National Ignition
Christopher Leary is someone I have been very interested for a few months now, managing to produce fantastic sounds just using his computer. National Ignition is another fine example of how Ochre manages to use both hard hitting beats with beautiful symphonies. There is much complexity and depth into the music that makes it very risky to overcomplicate songs, however Ochre seems to avoid this well. Probably his best album yet from an artist who deserves much more exposure than he currently does.
8.5 / 10
Hear - Glassmaker
L.A's Jason Chung is back four years after his plauditted debut album, Drifts. His new album Home, chooses a much more subtle approach to entice this listener. The best from the album is aided by appearances from Toro Y Moi and a personal favourite of mine, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, who both really add perfect vocals for an ambient theme. Overall Home sees Chung going more into ambient and mellow music, which is wonderful to hear, unfortunately it doesn't grab you.
Nosaj Thing - Home
L.A's Jason Chung is back four years after his plauditted debut album, Drifts. His new album Home, chooses a much more subtle approach to entice this listener. The best from the album is aided by appearances from Toro Y Moi and a personal favourite of mine, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, who both really add perfect vocals for an ambient theme. Overall Home sees Chung going more into ambient and mellow music, which is wonderful to hear, unfortunately it doesn't grab you.
