It's Friday! I'm always
happy when this part of the week arrives, but I'm even more pumped than
usual since the next two days will for sure be absolutely fantastic.
On Saturday is the first ever beer festival at the Flying Saucer and on
Sunday is the semi-annual (though, this year they didn't have one in the
spring) Austin Record Convention. Let's meet up if you're going to
either! Now, today I have a piece of CYNE's new record. They've
(CYNE stands for Cultivating Your New Experience) been operating for a few
years without my knowledge, but I kid you not when I say that Pretty Dark
Things is the first hip hop album in a long while that has instantly
knocked me on my ass. You must get it when it's released on October 7! Enjoy.
:CYNE
- Just Say No:
The range of topics covered on Pretty Dark Things is
fairly wide, but for the sake of getting you introduced and
ready to go with the act I went with the number that rags on
things we all have problems with, which are people
purchasing terrible music, the overall sad state of hip hop
and bad radio playlists. Although, the lyrical
onslaught that's presented isn't all that you should take
note of. Nope, there's a rather tense and infectious
arrangement that lies beneath everything and subtly
convinces you to want more. If only I came across this
kind of stuff all the time.
There's a whole
lot of material from CYNE on Youtube, so in order to show my
diligence to find only the best I went with the first
impressive piece that I clicked on. The song is called
Haze.
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