Order Aesop Rock Black Hole Superette vinyl here.
Imagine yourself walking through a derelict bodega on another planet, discovering strange goods on the shelves. Aesop Rock masterfully does that with our own world in his newest album Black Hole Superette.
It's a universe of distorted consumer logic, and post-apocalyptic mundanity. Introspection abounds, as Aesop crafts an album that feels like a fever dream inside this other-worldy corner store - overflowing with strange products and even stranger truths. Here he is both rapper and producer. Decay, survival, and absurdity play out in a world that’s crumbling yet vividly alive in details, each track a different aisle in his superette. Imagine if MF DOOM and Jean-Michel Basquiat made a children's audiobook about entropy. You’re getting close.
Aesop has always trafficked in density, but Superette is a new mutation—his rhymes less puzzlebox, more collage. The production of Black Hole Superette is all Aesop’s. That unity brings the record an eerie coherence. 70's style lead synths open tracks to set the spacey mood. The beats are abrasive and built from dusty samples. Unpredictable rhythms echo the disorder of the world he shows. It’s part of the storytelling. The store itself is groaning under the weight of its own weird inventory. In doing everything himself, Aesop ensures that the album is a pure transmission of his aesthetic: strange, smart, and singular.
Order Aesop Rock Black Hole Superette vinyl here.