I saw Blu live in 2013 right before he dropped Good To Be Home. It was right after I had interviewed him for our blog and probably the first time I told an artist in person: “hey it’s Ryan from EveryDejaVu!” Following that, we worked on various projects together: booking a show in Miami, releasing Open Your Optics to Optimism via EveryDejaVu, and releasing a poetry book. And despite all of this coming from me listening to Below the Heavens in early college, I’ve never worked with Blu AND Exile.
Until now!
Tomorrow, Blu & Exile kick off their Time Heals Everything east coast and midwest tour and it starts in Somerville, MA. And we’re hosting it! We’re bringing on some label artists and friends of the label to be the support here and that includes Bliss Station (Flamingosis & Ehiorobo), Jay Cinema & Chow, Sirplus, and lilith DJing all night. It should be a great time at one of my favorite local venues, Crystal Ballroom. Full info & poster below!
Hope to see any of our Boston followers there tomorrow! Come say what’s up!
We put out Eyndigo’s MOLE RAT EP back in 2024, and now she’s back with a new single. “Bad Mood” is the Atlanta singer and producer’s unapologetic ominious siren-R&B anthem for anyone tired of shrinking themselves to make others comfortable.
Four Leaf Clover is a project built across time, a collection of songs written, reworked, and refined over the course of years, spanning bedrooms, studios, and live stages. Sonically, Four Leaf Clover moves between musical worlds, pulling from the tension and drive of post-punk and alternative rock while folding in infectious melodies and groove-infused inspirations from funk, R&B, hip-hop, and pop.
Just a quick listen to the warbly, relaxed instrumental of “Play2TheWhistle” and the much more precisely timed, slightly eerie thuds of “Stardust” proves this point, and a full listen to the album provides the listener with a neatly designed compact experience that is simultaneously full of sonic range. As a lyricist, Sue can be humorous: “Made me VAR, she bad, I had to look twice” is a personal favorite. Elsewhere, he engages with his own personal experiences and wider political issues in poetic and emotionally sobering ways, creating an album that can surprise a listener while feeling like a fuller expression of Sue’s personality. Although the album certainly delves into some bleak topics—the skittish drums on “Catapult” provide a lively backing as Sue mentions being “consumed by my anger… stressing for an answer… ‘til my lungs gave away… my health made me break,” and “Stardust” speaks explicitly about the multiple ongoing conflicts in the Middle East with reflections on colonialism also appearing throughout Rapihaler—Sue spends much of the album striving to find hope, finally finding it on its emotive closer ‘U Wish!’
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Updated with every new song we release, as well as focus tracks from the albums & EPs.
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