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scallops hotel - poplar grove (or how to rap with a hammer)

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You know that Milo-affiliated hip hop project I eluded to last week? Well, it's out, and streaming on Bandcamp right now for your listening pleasure. Milo, Busdriver, Iglooghost, ELOS, Jincallo and Lee Bannon all handled production, and Riley Lake oversaw some of Milo's instrumental efforts. Lake also mixed this thing!

There doesn't seem to be a huge difference between this project and Milo's regular solo output when it comes to flow and personality. He even goes on to make references to his personal experiences, so there's no effort to create an entirely new persona here--not that I'm advocating that.

The most apparent change in pace here is the pitch-shifting effects being placed on Milo's voice, bringing his raps a few semitones lower than you're probably used to if you've been following his releases up until this point--especially since one track here is a slowed-down version of a previously released track. If there's any kind of vibe I'm getting off of this project so far, for Milo, or, err, scallops hotel, this collection of tracks is especially scatterbrained and austere. Enjoy!

Download Milo's Cavalcade

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Abstract and ultra-personal rapsmith Milo has dropped a new, free collection of tracks that he's dubbed Cavalcade. The production is handled entirely by Riley Lake, which is a name you might recognize from Milo's recent Things That Happen At Day EP, which was dropped at the start of this year.

While I wouldn't say Milo is traveling into the avant-garde of the hip hop world with this release, Cavalcade does feature some of his oddest instrumentals and verses yet. Enjoy!

Milo - "Eccelesiastes"

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Rapsmith Milo drops his first track from his forthcoming project, Cavalcade, which will be coming out on July 9th. While it's not one of the dude's strongest hooks, I think the growing intensity of the instrumental and Milo's verses is actually pretty great!

Catch a review for Milo's new EPs and an interview with him below: