Earl Sweatshirt just dropped an extended, experimental track titled “solace,” with a description that reads as “music from when i hit the bottom and found something.” Sprawling, lo-fi ambiance and jazzy licks fade in and out on this track, and Earl’s lyrics sit comfortably atop the restless soundscape, flitting back and forth between a defeated-and-barely-there cadence and a more easy-flowing, confessional style. There are ton of layers to explore in “solace,” and we’re stoked that Earl continues to turn rap on its head with these low-key musical journeys. If he’s sitting on this gem, who knows what other crazy material he might let loose. Also, read Earl Sweatshirt ‘I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside’: Anxiety, Melancholia, and Manliness.
Listen below.
I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside is out March 23 from Tan Cressida (Columbia Records).