Free Album: Cloudy October- The Aviator is Dead EP

Armed with an alluring flow that unveils haphazardly like stop motion animation, Portland, Oregon rookie MC Cloudy October demands your full attention from the first bar uttered and beyond. The alternate take of "inlaw", the opening track of his debut album The Aviator is Dead EP, proves my bold claim as Cloudy's tongue pirouettes around a patchwork beat dripping with eerie bass, spooky string scales, and various piano loops. Much like "inlaw", his oddball poetics and infectious delivery on "Lowerface" is also sure to grab underground hip hop fan's attention, as he bounces up and down through a foggy landscape of dark drums and tribal smoked sounds.

Underground hip hop has changed a lot over the past few years: Instead of angst fueled technical raps over abstract production, we have glittery, emotionally charged rhymes over electro-tickled laptop experiments; instead of apocalyptic poetry, we have love letters turned into rap lyrics; instead of Definitive Jux, some would say we have definitive junk. I'm open eared to the new indie hip hop vibe, but it is kind of refreshing to hear that old subterranean sound rise back to the surface.

Cloudy October embodies it and bodies it, so enjoy the EP and the two tracks below on your cloudy October day.


Download: Cloudy October- inlaw (alternate take)

Download: Cloudy October- Lowerface
Download Album: Cloudy October- The Aviator is Dead EP