Dark Comedy
Mike is an artist who thrives on working through some potentially inaccessible or confrontational thoughts and feelings using a very upfront and deceptively easygoing way with jokes and wordplay. That's not just in the references he throws around ("Thirsty Ego Raps" gives not-entirely-non sequitur nods to Dave Gahan and Michel'le in consecutive lines), or his knack for internal rhymes and verse construction that actually scan like well-timed improv asides; it's also in how he builds up a self-portrait that establishes his own agency while still opening himself up to the possibilities of camaraderie and community.
Whether it's through casual observation or the to-the-bone identity struggles, Open Mike Eagle's overlap between amusing insights and uncomfortable truths makes for one of the most compelling indie-rap listens of the year so far.
Blue vinyl edition.
- Dark Comedy Morning Show
- Qualifiers
- Thirsty Ego Raps
- Golden Age Raps
- Very Much Money (Ice King Dream)
- Doug Stamper (Advice Raps)
- Jon Lovitz (Fantasy Booking Yarn)
- Idaho
- Sadface Penance Raps
- A History Of Modern Dance
- Deathmate Black
- Informations
- Big Pretty Bridges (3 Days Off In Albuqueruqe)
Mike is an artist who thrives on working through some potentially inaccessible or confrontational thoughts and feelings using a very upfront and deceptively easygoing way with jokes and wordplay. That's not just in the references he throws around ("Thirsty Ego Raps" gives not-entirely-non sequitur nods to Dave Gahan and Michel'le in consecutive lines), or his knack for internal rhymes and verse construction that actually scan like well-timed improv asides; it's also in how he builds up a self-portrait that establishes his own agency while still opening himself up to the possibilities of camaraderie and community.
Whether it's through casual observation or the to-the-bone identity struggles, Open Mike Eagle's overlap between amusing insights and uncomfortable truths makes for one of the most compelling indie-rap listens of the year so far.
Blue vinyl edition.
Tracklisting
- Dark Comedy Morning Show
- Qualifiers
- Thirsty Ego Raps
- Golden Age Raps
- Very Much Money (Ice King Dream)
- Doug Stamper (Advice Raps)
- Jon Lovitz (Fantasy Booking Yarn)
- Idaho
- Sadface Penance Raps
- A History Of Modern Dance
- Deathmate Black
- Informations
- Big Pretty Bridges (3 Days Off In Albuqueruqe)
