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Aesop Rock Surprise-Releases Twelfth Album ‘I Heard It’s a Mess There Too’

A conscious pivot to cleaner, minimal beats accompanies a direct rollout on YouTube with a free download, with vinyl and cassette forthcoming.

Overview

  • The 12-track LP arrived October 27 via Rhymesayers as a rapid follow-up to June’s Black Hole Superette.
  • The album is available to hear on YouTube and as a free download, with major streaming services not yet carrying it.
  • Physical vinyl and cassette editions are planned, with reports of surprise test pressings sent to some Rhymesayers customers cited via Reddit.
  • Press materials frame the record around long-distance friendships and the way social media documents political uprisings and tragedy.
  • Aesop Rock says he changed his process to use new tools for cleaner, more minimal production so the vocals and beats do not compete.