sawdustandgin: Best Albums of 2017 Drawn by me. 1. Violents and Monica Martin – Awake and Pretty Much Sober Pen, pastels. album review | buy Awake and Pretty Much Sober | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud 2. Kacey Johansing – The Hiding Pencil. album review | buy The Hiding | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | … Continue reading
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Are Our Gods Best? Ruminating on Emay’s New LP, Ilah
sngalbums: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Adams worked mostly solo on this record. A few guests contribute on the refrains, grounding the lofty project, but never detract attention away from what is largely autobiographical. Emay also produced all the backing tracks throughout Ilah, filling it with chopped drums and spliced samples for a unique listening experience, if not an acquired taste. The album’s production is … Continue reading Are Our Gods Best? Ruminating on Emay’s New LP, Ilah
Are Our Gods Best? Ruminating on Emay’s New LP, Ilah
sngalbums: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Adams worked mostly solo on this record. A few guests contribute on the refrains, grounding the lofty project, but never detract attention away from what is largely autobiographical. Emay also produced all the backing tracks throughout Ilah, filling it with chopped drums and spliced samples for a unique listening experience, if not an acquired taste. The album’s production is … Continue reading Are Our Gods Best? Ruminating on Emay’s New LP, Ilah
Are Our Gods Best? Ruminating on Emay’s New LP, Ilah
Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Adams worked mostly solo on this record. A few guests contribute on the refrains, grounding the lofty project, but never detract attention away from what is largely autobiographical. Emay also produced all the backing tracks throughout Ilah, filling it with chopped drums and spliced samples for a unique listening experience, if not an acquired taste. The album’s production is tied … Continue reading Are Our Gods Best? Ruminating on Emay’s New LP, Ilah
Crawl Space is one of my most anticipated albums of the year, and that’s a category that includes Humanz, Gothic Tropic, Feist, FLEET FOXES, Grizzly Bear (?), Arca, and Marika Hackman’s I’m Not Your Man! And it’s already been a great year with the masterful Semper Femina, Emay’s newest, and Mount Eerie [deep sigh]. Felt good to get that all out. It’s a good year for … Continue reading
sawdustandgin: Emay’s new track “Israfil” is both highly personal and enlightening for all. Important info: Israfil – the angel of the trumpet in Islam that will play from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of ResurrectionAngel’s Trumpet – a poisonous flowerAnd that is a bell hooks clip at the very end! Best Songs of 2016 2. Emay – Israfil “angels trumpet” Source: SoundCloud / … Continue reading
Emay caught my attention with “Israfil,” or Angel’s Trumpet, an industrial rap of great personal significance. On his new single, “Bakkah,” he drifts further into spoken word, discussing the foundations of human emotion, touching on the necessity of religion and class struggles. His highly anticipated debut album Ilah is due out soon, though no release date has been announced. Continue reading
Emay’s new track “Israfil” is both highly personal and enlightening for all. Important info: Israfil – the angel of the trumpet in Islam that will play from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of ResurrectionAngel’s Trumpet – a poisonous flowerAnd that is a bell hooks clip at the very end! Source: SoundCloud / Emay Continue reading
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