Cuts like Streaky and Linda’s In Custody, although easily more hip hop focused, tread similar paths, matching click-clack percussion with whimsical, digital walls of sound to form weirdo party-starters from hell. Opener Death Grips Is Online pays homage to the trio’s oft-repeated mantra, diving right into the deep end with a blast of blaring guitars, chirpy ringtone synths, and pitch-shifted screams – Death Grips’ new brand of noise pop is instantly alluring. Year of the Snitch is a warped carnivale full of erratic experiments in sound – this might be one of the group’s most abrasive releases, but it’s also one of their most hook-laden, catchy, and perhaps accessible. Sure, there’s plenty of bars here, in frontman MC Ride’s very non-traditional sense of the term, but Death Grips seem only more and more intent on blurring the lines between vocals and instrumentation on this record. Year of the Snitch isn’t just one of the group’s most innovative efforts, but one of their tightest, most thematic, and most impressive.īy this point, it seems wrong to place Death Grips into the category of experimental hip hop – ignoring any qualms you might have labeling artists as this or that or whatever, the truth remains that the trio have only moved further and further away from any recognizable form of rap. We will let you know price and availability.Every new Death Grips release begs the question – where will they go next? Will the trio of MC Ride, drum extraordinaire Zach Hill, and electronics wizard Andy Morin abandon their punk rap roots and go full on noise rock? Or will they return to the minimalism of the abstract noise rap they so perfectly pioneered? Fortunately, Year of the Snitch provides answers to both those questions, and neither – the experimental group’s sixth studio album finds itself flirting with grungy noise pop riffs, punk rap performance art, and familiar industrial tendencies, all at the same time. If you after a title not on our website, please email us, as we do customer orders. * Our Collingwood shop has large selection of vinyl with over 1,000 titles to choose from. Their sound, paired with the aggressive performances of MC Ride, draws on punk rock, electronic, noise, and industrial styles.
The group consists of vocalist MC Ride, drummer and producer Zach Hill, and recording engineer Andy Morin. Death Grips is an experimental hip hop band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2010. Year Of The Snitch is the follow-up to their 2016 album Bottomless Pit. Death Grips - Year Of The Snitch (Std Black Vinyl)Ģ018 release, the sixth studio album by experimental hip hop group Death Grips.
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