The Crashing Sound of How It Goes

by Cities Aviv

The Crashing Sound of How It Goes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 April 2021
  • Label: D.O.T.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:04
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Remaining a deeply enigmatic figure in the underground rap scene, the Memphis artist crafted a remarkably hazy, surreal hip-hop record heavily steeped in 1980s R&B loops. The project functions as a dense, deeply hypnotic collage, layering repetitive soul chops underneath his commanding, slightly muffled baritone delivery. The project garnered immense praise from internet rap circles for its beautifully nostalgic, dreamlike production.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, atmospheric, experimental, rap, electronic, deconstructed, lo-fi, leftfield

Tracklist

  1. Kiss of Death Forever (2:44)
  2. Higher Up There (3:39)
  3. A Million Smiles (4:13)
  4. Known It All, Seen It All (1:58)
  5. Stranded (2:14)
  6. My World Is Full (2:00)
  7. Dancing On A Wire (1:53)
  8. How We Began (1:33)
  9. Life's Only Valid Expression (2:17)
  10. But Did You Love Me (1:50)
  11. Imma Stay Here (1:32)
  12. Near You (2:05)
  13. Love. Fool. Revue. (1:47)
  14. Episodes (2:47)
  15. Glossier (2:18)
  16. Knish (1:38)
  17. To Dream of Smoke (4:12)
  18. Mizuno (4:08)
  19. Lights Out (2:57)
  20. Iron Theatrics (2:58)
  21. A Piece Of Me (1:53)
  22. Face Pressed Against Glass (3:24)
  23. Walk Across the Mezzanine (4:30)
  24. Talking to the Flowers (2:56)
  25. Absentee (Black of Space) (3:23)
  26. Series of Goodbyes (3:05)

Credits

  • Drew Ryan - artwork by
  • Lukah - featuring
  • Jey-Bird Woe - featuring

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