Stream Thundercats ‘Apocalypse’ Album In Full

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Stream Thundercats ‘Apocalypse’ Album In Full

Thundercat will release a new album ‘Apocalypse’ in June on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label – the follow up to his 2011 debut The Golden Age of the Apocalypse.

The full record was co-produced and co-written by Flying Lotus and Mono/Poly is now streaming over at NPR.

NPR liken the album as “…at times, bittersweet, as if attempting to smile and dance the pain away in the gossamer late-night plea “Heartbreaks + Setbacks,” the somber yacht-rocker “Without You” and the time-signature-shifting jazz-pop “Tron Song.” But then there are tracks that really want to move, like the Herbie Hancock mutant fusion of “Lotus and the Jondy” or your next party-starter, the sweaty and somewhat self-deprecating “Oh Sheit It’s X.” That one’s a team effort — a FlyPolyCat joint, if you will — with Bruner’s crooning and playful Off the Wall falsetto on top of ridiculous capital-F Funk handed down from the Mothership.”

Adding “Thundercat knows how to write genuinely affecting and technically bad-ass songs around his instrument — a rare art, usually given to some serious “bass face.” But with Apocalypse, Thundercat has made an emotionally complex record, while still finding time to party.”

Our thoughts? Rhythms flowing, beats pulsing, an enigmatic yet soulful and honest approach to song composition and writing. You’d pick Thunders roomies to be MeLo-X, Shlohmo and Slugabed.

Any favourites jump out at you? Stream “Heartbreaks & Setbacks” below.

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