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genre: hip hop / electronic
release date: 01/09/23
runtime: 2:12
video: yes :)

hellooooo everyone, i’m a lil bummed out today because i get real freaked out by fireworks, and last night was bonfire night here, so people set them off all over the show. i responded by shutting myself in a lil and playing some stellaris, which was ace, but apparently! the northern lights were about? or at least i keep seeing that on social media and i missed it entirely. who can say if that happened or not. to get over the potential of something that may or may not have happened, how’s about something aggresive and knarly? i think so, glad you agree. this week, we’re checking out some new hip hop from max reject and their song, fun with alcohol.

click the picture up above to give it a listen!

what i liked! :)

there’s so much personality and aggression in this song, it’s absolutely sick. i love the dark and abrasive tones on display, from the fuzz on the bass to the digital elements giving it some real cyberpunk 2077 energy. the vocal take too goes so hard. it’s aggresive and desperate with personality, not afraid to show that bit of vulnerability and humanity that is some of the best nasty vocal i’ve heard in a while. the way the song sometimes pulls itself back a step and holds it’s break almost only to absolutely go again is so fucking cool. on top of all of that, the short and sharp nature of this track does not mess around. it gets in, does what it wants and heads off to pastures anew.

what i didn’t like :(

i feel like this song could really do with having a bit more of a direct hook, or leaning further into the inpenetrable nature of this hyper aggresive hip hop. it’s like it’s almost on the cusp of something really solid, and needs to lean into something just a bit more to create something truly unique, it just doens’t quite manage it.

my drunk opinion :S

bet this live would be absolutely knarly tho. those electronic digital sounds on a big speaker system? they’d absolutely rule. i once saw a guy put his head in a speaker for like 5 minutes at a gig and then come out bleary eyed. i burst out laughing at him and he took my hand and went ‘you gotta try this shit man’, i bet this dudes gigs would be like that. also i hope that guy is well.

for fans of

i’ll be honest here. the obvious comparison is the likes of death grips, but i don’t think that’s a super fair comparison because i think they’re actually trying to do something substantially different, so i spent some time hunting for some good comparisons, and i found a few, but i really really liked this song gtg brb by an artist called dgtl, which has a lot of the digital aesthetics that this song has, but none of the intensity, and it’s a really neat contrast actually. aesthetically they’re almost doing the same thing, but completely differently.

should you listen to more?

i am emploring you to not reject max reject, because max reject is really really good. the sounds they’re playing with, the energy, the ferocity? it’s all there baby, and it all rules let me tell you. the rest of the ep this track is from is really good, and as i said earlier, if they continue to lean into the uniqueness of their sound they’ll be onto something fierce.

or better yet, reply to this email! what did you think of this song? have you been listening to anything good lately? any gems i’ve missed?

more i’ve been listening to

two shell / love him

bleepy and bloopy and a bit weird, and sometimes that’s what we need on a dark night with the fireworks popping off.

ray bull / know by now

there’s a ton of frentic energy in this, and it’s like it’s hidden behind glass as it’s got a whole ton of weird melancholoy going on as well. lots to ponder! much to wonder! what’s going on!

vc pines / colours

this song is kinda funky, kinda groovy, but majorly a bit fun, and i’m really into that right now.

or just reply to this email! what did you think? what would you change? how are you?

that’s all from us in this edition! new playlist out this week!