Austin had a few precious hours of rain yesterday morning that was brief relief from a killer 100+ heatwave. In honor of that sweet morning shower, I bring you my favorite rain songs:
:The Grim Trinity And DJ Afficks - Through The Rain: The lo-fi aesthetics and smooth beat of this track make it a perfect one to put on as soon as you hear the thunder in the distance. The track, like many hip hop instrumentals, is repetitive, but the sequence of layered voices, drum track and scratches are reminiscent of the repetition of rain on the roof with the occasional branch bumping against the window. :Declaime - Rain: From 2008’s Astormsacomin, this tracks takes a very traditional bad weather/relationship juxtaposition but improves it with some clever static layering and synth build up. If you slimmed it down to the high hat and kick drum, you’d have a classic old school jam, but Declaime has updated it brilliantly by using the soundscape of falling rain. :Warpath - Seattle Rain: This 90’s Seattle group brings an abstract sound and one sweet sample of a lady’s voice to their interpretation of rain in music. On this track, the group makes a larger-than-life claim: that they are in fact more ubiquitous than Seattle rain. Unfortunately, I’ve never heard of them besides this one track on a random underground compilation, but a lot of hip hop is about boasting, and they do it well. :Aesop Rock - Alchemy (Featuring Blueprint): This pretty well known track from Aesop Rock’s Daylight EP always come to mind when it’s raining. Rain is referenced in Blueprints bombastic flow, but the crashing cymbals and skipping keyboard are a near-perfect musical interpretation of a good thunderstorm.
- Leah Manners
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