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Epic Beard Men - This Was Supposed To Be Fun
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||| Artist Name_____> Epic Beard Men |||
||| Album Name______> This Was Supposed To Be Fun |||
||| Label___________> Strange Famous |||
||| Genre___________> Hip-Hop |||
||| URL_____________> http://epicbeardmen.com/ |||
||| Release Date____> 2019-05-01 |||
||| Street Date_____> 2019-05-03 |||
||| Size____________> 310.02mb ||
|| Playtime________> 47:22 ||
|| Encoder_________> FLAC 1.3.1 ||
|| Quality_________> 871 kbps / 44.1khz / 2 channels ||
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| -----------------=--= TRACKLiST =-=------------------- |
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| 1 Hours & Minutes 3:57 |
| 2 Sand Dunes 3:05 |
| 3 Pistol Dave (ft. Slug) 4:33 |
| 4 Circle the Wagons 3:24 |
| 5 Shin Splints 4:12 |
| 6 You Can't Tell Me Shit 3:00 |
| 7 Hedges 4:06 |
| 8 Take a Break (ft. Vockah Redu) 3:51 |
| 9 The Chill is Gone 4:09 |
| 10 Man Overboard 4:26 |
| 11 Crumbs in Every Bag (ft. Eligh) 4:16 |
| 12 Foresight (ft. Yugen Blakrok) 4:23 |
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| -----------------=--= N O T E S =-=------------------- |
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| This Was Supposed to Be Fun, the debut LP (and second of?cial |
| offering) from EPIC BEARD MEN, is an indie-rap tour de force by |
| two of the underground's ?nest; Sage Francis and B. Dolan. |
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| This album knocks. It parties with disreputable outlaws in truck |
| stops. It blends the classic sounds of breakbeats and timeless |
| drum machines with soul grooves and sub bass. Guitars, violins, |
| and a goddamn brass band have sat in before the party's over. On |
| the vocal side of things, more than a few lyrical heavyweights |
| drop in to take their turn on the mics. |
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| Slug of Atmosphere joins the gang in some NC-17 fun, as Sage and |
| B. are soulfully backed by Blue Raspberry (Wu-Tang Clan) on the |
| road-noir tale "Pistol Dave". |
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| Eligh of Living Legends and South African newcomer Yugen Blakrok |
| contribute blistering verses, while New Orleans Bounce legend |
| Vockah Redu, vocalist Kathleen Stubelek of Circle Takes the |
| Square, and San Antonio upstart Worldwide contribute brilliant |
| supporting turns. |
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| Throughout 50 minutes of intricately produced rap music, the duo |
| of storied rapper/poets wander freely and set ?res like the |
| latchkey kids they once were. This Was Supposed to Be Fun, but |
| that doesn't mean either emcee has shied away from their signature |
| blend of the personal and political; topics range from the absurd |
| to the unshakably true. EBM are two rap greybeards who aren't |
| afraid to swing freely from dead-serious to wryly hilarious. |
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| ôHedgesö, the first single, is a haunting character study in |
| suburban alienation and the collapse of the psychic bonds that |
| used to constitute the great American neighborhood. Sage and B |
| take turns spitting the chorus, like theyÆre shouting across |
| empty, manicured lawns. |
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| ôMan Overboardö is the albumÆs ironic thesis statement, maybe a |
| metaphor for America itself. The topical track isnÆt exactly about |
| the VIP Fyre Fest experience, but itÆs about that kind of thing: |
| You were sold a bill of goods. You expected a private island, a |
| luxury jet, a view of the beach. Then the skies turned dark. The |
| millionaires took the lifeboats and left. Instead of a sunny |
| lagoon, you got dive-bombed by seagulls, rained on. You paid for |
| Club Paradise; you got Lord of the Flies. |
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| The ôSand Dunesö are not a tropical beach or a hip-hop singles |
| cruise, for fuck's sake. TheyÆre the Sand Dunes out in the woods, |
| past the Pet Cemetery. The sketchy kind of unwatched all-ages |
| party spot where rival warlords go to fight. |
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| Hailing from the industrial outskirts of Providence, Rhode Island, |
| both artists are walking hip-hop vaults who ?ddle with esoteric |
| knowledge over hypnotic, sprawling sample compositions. For well |
| over a decade, no matter how many tours they survived or solo |
| releases they dropped ù more than 20 between the two, depending |
| how you count æem ù the members of this dream team and their DIY |
| Econoline ethic endured a certain outsider status in the rap |
| world. Last yearÆs debut EP, Season 1, poked fun at that label, |
| while still delivering a sublime buckshot blast of political |
| commentary, interpersonal dispatches, and healthy introspection. |
| Now the joke isnÆt so funny anymore. |
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| Epic Beard Men rap and produce like keepers of the ?ame. They've |
| clearly spent a few thousand hours excavating the crates during |
| the creation of the album, fusing the treasures they've unearthed |
| into the kind of dense hip-hop SONGS you havenÆt heard much of |
| since the sample-happy days of De La. TWSTBF is ?lled with sharp, |
| satirical, bombastic edutainment, writ large in neon bubble |
| letters for all the world to fuck off to. |
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| This Was Supposed to Be Fun plays like a dark Buddy Comedy gone |
| spectacularly sideways: the mighty Epic Beard Men are back in the |
| barber chair, fuckinÆ up your market share. You canÆt tell them |
| shit. The chill is gone. The chill was never here. |
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| This Was Supposed To Be Fun drops on all streaming services on |
| March 29, 2019. Physical versions of the album (Colored Vinyl LP, |
| CD, Cassette) can be pre-ordered now at StrangeFamous.com, and |
| will be available in stores everywhere on May 17, 2019 |
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| EBM are on the road throughout 2019, starting in the US in April |
| on the Come To The Sand Dunes Tour. All show info + ticket links |
| are available at EpicBeardMen.com |
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