This week, Aesop Rock quietly shared a brand new album known as I Heard It’s a Mess There Too. The fast follow-up to Might’s Black Gap Superette is now broadly out there throughout digital streaming platforms, by way of Rhymesayers. Hearken to the 12-song album under, and watch a video for “Full Home Pinball,” directed by Justin “Coro” Kaufman.
Aesop Rock says in a press launch, “The phrase ‘I Heard It’s a Mess There Too’ began as a lyric, however it received its hooks in me quickly after. It felt acquainted, like one thing I’d stated a thousand instances whereas checking in with pals throughout completely different cities. The extra I sat with it, the extra it began to really feel like the middle of this mission… It’s about commentary and communication. Sonically, I wished a reset—cleaner beats, more room, fewer layers. Simply sufficient to get a wave rolling and never far more.”
