Blockhead - The Music Scene LP (teal vinyl)

Tracklist:

1. "It's Raining Clouds" 5:54
2. "The Music Scene" 4:49
3. "Only Sequences Change" 4:44
4. "Which One of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer?" 4:48
5. "Attack the Doctor" 5:46
6. "The Prettiest Sea Slug" 4:35
7. "The Daily Routine" 6:48
8. "Tricky Turtle" 4:38
9. "Four Walls" 5:42
10. "Pity Party" 4:22
11. "Hell Camp" 4:37
12. "Farewell Spaceman" 6:35

Those of you who are unfamiliar with the maniacal beat composer that is Blockhead, he’s the Manhattan producer who has worked with Aesop Rock throughout his entire career. In his free time, however, he makes his own records, and they are, well, for lack of a better word, interesting.

Most rap instrumental albums you can “chill” to. You know what it means to “chill” to hip-hop (dim lighting, couches, clouds of smoke, laid back atmosphere), but Blockhead makes that virtually impossible with this record. This isn’t something you put on to unwind, this is something you put on to blow minds and strike fear into people’s hearts. The Music Scene sounds like the hip-hop soundtrack to the apocalypse. The production is genius, but keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering when the sky is going to fall. And as you listen to record, you realize it could literally be any minute.