Brockhampton - Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine (Album Review) Monday, 12 April 2021
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Texan hip hop boy band-collective Brockhampton are (apparently) calling it a day. After 10 years and several personnel changes the 13(ish)-strong outfit are releasing two final albums and then going in their separate directions. ‘Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine’ is the first of this closing diptych, and suggests that the creative force of a group that met via online forums may have waned.
One reason is that the disparate elements that made Brockhampton so versatile are pulling apart. On their fantastic ‘Saturation’ trilogy, the group managed to combine worldviews, sexualities and lyrical styles with verve and gusto, creating a rich, highly literate rap sound that was as distinctive as it was politically appealing.
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was the song that helped the group BROCKHAMPTON gain more recognition and new
followers. Since then, they have unofficially released an album titled
TECHNICAL
Roadrunner: New Light, New
Machine set to be released April 9. Their latest single “COUNT ON ME” was released April 1,
2021, and is the third track off of
ROADRUNNER.
themselves as “the best boyband since One Direction”). They first established themselves as
AliveSinceForever in 2010 and released their debut album three years later. The following year,
they rebranded themselves as “BROCKHAMPTON” and added more members, totaling sixteen
members. Though they have lost a few members along the way, they are still going strong
Ahead of the track s release last week,
Kevin Abstract surprised fans by announcing that BROCKHAMPTON would be releasing their final two albums in 2021. 2 brockhampton albums in 2021 - these will be our last, he tweeted.
In 2017, BROCKHAMPTON announced that
Saturation III would be their last studio album, but the group signed with RCA and released two further albums.
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