Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends

Sometimes I sleep on great albums. Case in point: Tobacco's Fucked Up Friends, the new album from the bassist of Black Moth Super Rainbow. Although it was released on October 14th and I heard good things about it over the past few months, I somehow missed the boat. This is my attempt to remedy that mistake. Fucked Up Friends is sixteen tracks (and only thirty-eight minutes) worth of analog synths and fractured beats that are a bit darker than Black Moth Super Rainbow's psychedelic sound. Tobacco utilizes elements of hip-hop and experimental electro that result in an album that is so much more than instrumental background music. Listen carefully to the snap and clap shuffle of "Truck Sweat," or the videogame reminiscent "Side 8 (Big Gums Version)," or the awesome guest appearance from Aesop Rock on "Dirt." With a side project as inventive as this, I'd be surprised if Tobacco returned to his bandmates at all. Fucked Up Friends also fits perfectly into Anticon's catalog and I'd definitely recommend it to any fans of the label, or anyone that enjoys hypnotic and detached electronica.

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Recommended Tracks: "Truck Sweat," "Hairy Candy," "Dirt," "Backwoods Altar."