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Free Sweatpants
Electronic · 2019 · 14 tracks · 54m

Free Sweatpants

Intricate sample-work and heavy hip-hop swing that feels like a midnight walk through a rain-slicked city. Dusty, cinematic, and occasionally surreal.

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It's like a noir film soundtrack made entirely out of forgotten dollar-bin records.

A cynical yet soulful stroll through a city that never sleeps but often dreams.

Free Sweatpants · vs · Blockhead
Absent+3.6σ

The vocals lean far further into absent than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 54m
01
Dream On
3:45
02
Slippery Slope
4:34
03
Kiss the Cook
3:26
04
Rock’em Sock’em Hop
5:45
05
Frank
3:26
06
Weeping Willow
3:53
07
Deeperstill
3:00
08
By Myself Meeting
2:59
09
Be Safe
3:24
10
Favorite Chair
1:44
11
Tinder in the Time of Cholera
4:56
12
Let Them Eat Hate
3:18
13
Blue Veil
3:47
14
Make America Gape Again
6:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the drums on Slippery Slope suddenly lock into a heavy, head-nodding groove after the ethereal intro.
The transition into the haunting, minor-key piano melody that anchors the midpoint of Weeping Willow.
The sprawling, psychedelic build-up of the six-minute closer that feels like a slow-motion collapse of a city skyline.
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