This week, Aesop Rock quietly shared a new album called I Heard It’s a Mess There Too. The quick follow-up to May’s Black Hole Superette is now widely available across digital streaming platforms via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Listen to the 12-song album, and watch a video for “Full House Pinball,” directed by Justin “Coro” Kaufman, below.
Aesop Rock said in a press release, “The phrase ‘I Heard It’s a Mess There Too’ started as a lyric, but it got its hooks in me soon after. It felt familiar, like something I’d said a thousand times while checking in with friends across different cities. The more I sat with it, the more it started to feel like the center of this project… It’s about observation and communication. Sonically, I wanted a reset—cleaner beats, more space, fewer layers. Just enough to get a wave rolling and not much more.”
Read about Aesop Rock’s Labor Days at No. 58 in Pitchfork’s “The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.”
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