Die Wölfe sind los und wollen das Blut sehen / Lasst die Bänder rolln / Das Volk will zusehen / Lasst die Spiele beginnen . Endlich ist es da: Caspers opus magicum, XOXO .
Lange hat er uns warten lassen, doch es hat sich gelohnt. Dass Casper ein guter Rapper ist, wussten wir bereits. Was er aber hier zündet, ist eine lyrische und musikalische Explosion.
Pulsierende Herzschläge -
. drei zwei eins - der Druck steigt! Wir hol n zurück, was uns gehört! Nie habe ich eine Albumeröffnung gewaltiger erlebt.
Wir scheitern immer schöner / Sind Versager mit Stil / Haben nich viel / Ausgenommen Leitfiguren / Auf und davon / Sind nicht schön / Sind nicht reich / Wird hart erkämpft / Da raus zu kommen.
Fresh perspectives on his quiet revolution.
Nestled deep in the furrows of wintertime, insularity becomes the norm as cold air hits the face. In the glacially slow season halfway between the festive period and the dawn of spring, a young but ominous figure drifts in the shadows and deals in icy bouts of harsh introspection.
James Blake possesses a soulful, elegiac voice and an innate ability to paint portraits of his state of mind which, ten years ago today, manifested themselves on his generation-defining debut album, fittingly self-titled.
The living situation in which an artist births a record under is perhaps its most defining aspect. When writing Blue , Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell had recently said goodbye to one of the great loves of her life and exiled herself in various locations away from music, resulting in a legendarily brutal set of break-up songs.
Disclaimer:
I am only one man with limited time and, in 2020, I undertook a law conversion (hence the drop of in features in the winter), so if your favourite record is missing chances are I just haven’t heard it yet, so please share your favourite LPs below the line.
Equally, because I’ve been extremely busy, this list leans heavily on albums that I have reviewed (big names, big hype releases) as there are still a host of records I’m desperate to hear, but will not include without having listened to them in full (Thou, Pallbearer, Sasha Sloan, The Koreatown Oddity, Napalm Death, Thundercat, Idles, Against All Logic, Declan McKenna, etc…).