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Bandcamp / Buy Backxwashâs previous album, the Polaris-winning God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It, ends with a benediction. Over a serene loop of breezy guitar and tender hums that wouldnât be out of place on a MIKE record, the rapper and producer samples a recording of the pastor T.J. Jakes, as if inviting the people who have forsaken her to forgive themselves. Backxwash tends to tuck such moments of warmth and reprieve into the margins of her raucous, blistering music, but âRedemptionâ is forthright, an olive branch extended to an undeserving world. On her third album, sheâs uninterested in reconciliation. ....
I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses is set for release on May 28, and Backxwash has just shared the album s tracklist. As Backxwash s profile has grown monumentally in recent months, it s no surprise that I Lie Here Buried features some big-name guests. The album is set to include production by Nowhere2Run (a.k.a. Code Orange members Eric Shade Balderose and Jami Morgan) and clipping., as well as appearances by Sad13 (a.k.a. Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz), composer Lauren Bousfield and veteran Backxwash collaborators Ada Rook and Devi McCallion (a.k.a. both halves of Black Dresses). ....