By: Enoch Whitaker Welcome to the fifth edition of New Music Friday, where I will be reviewing the most notable releases from last Friday. This includes albums, EPs, and singles from a variety of musical genres. After listening to each project a couple times, I will give my personal thoughts and opinions on it, then a score out of 10. This week I will be reviewing “ROADRUNNER,” the latest album from Hip-Hop/R&B collective Brockhampton, and “Shy Away,” a single by alternative band, Twenty-One Pilots.
To kick off this issue of New Music Friday, we have the latest album from Brockhampton, “ROADRUNNER.” This is the first album from Texas based collective in over two years, with the last album being titled “Ginger.” I was very excited to see what Brockhampton would do on this record because, over their last couple albums, they have slowly gotten less experimental and gone more in a basic direction. I got my answer for my question almost immediately as the opening track “BUZZCUT” has a very experimental beat and “in your face” sound. The heavy bass slowly fades away the longer you listen and it seems to unravel itself into a beautiful outro. The next song that catches my attention the most is “Bankroll” featuring A$AP Rocky. It also has fantastic production and the featuring is top tier from A$AP. Further down the album you find “The Light,” another very enjoyable listen. It features an instrumental layered with synths that I can’t help thinking that Sir Elton John played it himself. There are more songs I did enjoy on this record but those were just the most notable to me. I personally was really pleased with what Brockhampton did with this album sonically. They did have many great songs on this album and were better than most of their other records from the past. I still have this album on repeat and will for the coming days or even weeks. Overall, I am feeling an eight out of ten on “ROADRUNNER” and would definitely recommend it for a listen. The other release from last Friday that I will be reviewing as previously mentioned is “Shy Away” by Twenty-One Pilots. This is the first new piece of music from Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn in just about a year, and it serves as a teaser track to their upcoming Sixth Studio Album, “Scaled and Icy.” This track wasn’t what I was expecting from the duo. Twenty-One Pilots is no stranger to changing up their styles and they have often dipped their toes into about every single genre of music there is. I have listened to some of their previous works, but this seems to be a little differential with some similarities. It is the same guitar band that we have seen in the past with the same drum hits but more of an indie sound. Tyler Joseph's voice seems to fit this type of sound great and the two of them seem really comfortable on it. There’s not too much to say about this track as it is pretty basic and nothing too crazy, but that is what makes it so good. Overall, I am feeling a seven out of ten on “Shy Away” and I would recommend it. This week we had a lot of highs when it comes to new music being released. From Brockhampton’s fantastic new album to the indie highs of “Shy Away”, there was plenty of great music released last Friday. I would like to thank you for reading the latest edition of New Music Friday and I hope to see you next time.
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