Primary Emotions/Themes: Lofi but with 1000% more Evangelion
Thoughts: I feel like I've said this a thousand times, but I really have to see something special in a lofi hip hop album to have it in my collection. I used to have nearly one hundred records in the genre, but now I've got less than twenty. This is one of the ones that keeps making the cut, it's fantastic.
The basis of the album is pure lofi: simple beats over samples... and that's where the comparisons end. The samples themselves are curated from Evangelion more often than not. The melodies have a heavy dose of reverb on them giving the album a sense of space and almost an ethereal quality. Considering the content of the source material, the religious leanings is a nice subtle touch.
More often than not when this album hits the turntable, I'm compelled to start it right back up after a side finishes. In this particular instance it's been sitting on my table for about two hours... or three whole listens to the album. Truly one of the better albums in the genre.
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