genesis owusu, holy crap!

It has brilliant and okay ideas; I lose interest in the middle stretch before regaining it in the last third. You're generally right, though.

i hadn’t heard any of the singles, so i was totally put off by the opening tracks, which was far too death grips-y, but he won me over with track two and i was willing to roll with the punches.

yeah some of his rapping on it is very death grips-esque

there's some good stuff on this album but idk how i feel about it as a whole yet, it's very all over the place

rapping also reminded me a bit of bartees strange. the short of it is, the tracks where he rapped weren’t the ones that spoke to me, but the unpredictable, all-over-the-place nature of the album was one of the things I liked most

The Other Black Dog is absolutely one of my jams of the year.

listened to this more and i think it's largely good-not-great, at its best when it's leaning more neo-soul

The Other Black Dog is absolutely one of my jams of the year.

― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin),

The way the melody keeps going up-up-up.

That one almost sounds like a Hole chorus to me, I could hear Courtney singing it.

I do need to finally listen to the whole thing here.

Xxp yes a similar trick to "The System" by Popcaan

I like that all the variety he gets praised isn't totally scattergun but directed at scratching and soothing his trauma. At least in interviews he's said something along these lines - the recurring Story of the two black dogs representing racism and depression. And he's just as adventurous vocally as musically. And I agree that the middle section tends towards songs that sound a little less complete than those at the beginning and end, although I have no problem with Gold Chains, Drown and the title track, so I guess I'm just talking about Easy and Black Dogs. Anyway, my album of the year so far for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF8Ob8sXgFI

I liked a lot of the ideas I heard on this album but it collapses under its own weight and ambition at times. I hear TV on the Radio, Bartees Strange, and even slowthai...but it's more radio-ready. Fav tracks: The Other Black Dog, Drown, Whip Cracker.

For anyone who's interested, the LP (which has been unavailable more often than not this year) is available for pre-order again.

https://genesisowusu.bandtshirts.com.au/tag/vinyl

New song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwobGg9q3gI

another new one, "leaving the light" is a lot of visceral fun. new album coming this friday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdYtpO1uXpo

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