Toro y Moi - Hole Earth [Clear Blue Smoke Vinyl]

Dead Oceans

£29.83

Format: Clear Blue Smoke Vinyl
Catalogue No.: DOC355LP-C1
Barcode: 656605165530
Release Date: 06 Sep 2024
Genre: Alternative

Hole Erth, Chaz Bear’s eighth full-length studio record as Toro y Moi, is the genre shapeshifter’s most unexpected and bold move to date, with Bear diving headlong into rap-rock, Soundcloud rap and Y2K emo. The album blitzes anthemic pop-punk next to autotuned, melancholic rap – two genres that inform one another now more than ever before — and packs in the most features ever on a Toro y Moi album.

A sense of nostalgia sneaks its way into almost every Toro y Moi release, but angst is an emotion that Bear has never intentionally explored the way he does here. Tracks like “Tuesday'' channel a specific, yet forever-relatable sense of adolescent unease. A distorted guitar riff leads into a repeating chorus that conjures misunderstood teenagers singing aloud, maybe too loud, while riding bikes through American suburbs. This foreboding can also be heard on “HOV,” though not without poking some fun with lines like “Romance is so cold / My advice? To bring a coat.”

Bear has the energy, but is acutely aware that his energy isn’t forever. At a time when the internet is blending multiple genres into one at an increasingly rapid pace, Bear accomplishes the rare feat of keeping up with the contemporary alternative listener. Constantly changing, evolving and experimenting is the heart of Toro y Moi, and on Hole Erth Bear challenges but also reclaims himself, embracing the myriad sounds and eras that formed him, while crashing new worlds together.

TRACKS
1) Walking In The Rain
2) CD-R
3) HOV
4) Tuesday
5) Hollywood (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
6) Reseda (feat. Duckwrth and Elijah Kessler)

7) Babydaddy
8) Madonna (feat. Don Toliver)
9) Undercurrent (feat. Don Toliver and Porches)
10) Off Road
11) Smoke (feat. Kenny Mason)
12) Heaven (feat. Kevin Abstract & Lev)
13) Starlink (feat. Glaive)

● Chaz Bear returns for his eighth studio album as Toro y Moi, with an arsenal of platinum guests.
● Features include: Don Toliver, Benjamin Gibbard, Kevin Abstract, Poches, Kenny Mason, Duckwrth and others.
● ATD consumption is over 1M worldwide; over 250,000 physical and over 750M streaming
● Toro y Moi is also a celebrated collaborator across other
artists’ releases, with guest features for Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Flume, Kenny Mason, Disclosure and many more
● Social: Over 1,500,00+ Monthly Listeners and 750,000+ Followers on Spotify; Over 265,000+ Instagram; Over 127,000+ Youtube; 36,000+ TikTok
● First vinyl pressing on limited-edition Clear Blue Smoke vinyl