{"product_id":"thundercat-apocalypse","title":"APOCALYPSE","description":"One of the many charms of Thundercat's first album, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, was the manner in which the supernaturally skilled bassist seemed to wing his way through songwriting -- stumbling upon ideas, going with the flow, goofing off -- and come up with brilliance. On his sharper, more focused second album, he works through anguish -- the loss of close friend and musical partner Austin Peralta -- with some staggeringly emotive and tightly composed content. There's less room for instrumentals and noodling, but even those moments are purposeful. The half-ebullient, half-turbulent, wholly absorbing \"The Life Aquatic\" adds some timely lightness after the heavy-hearted opening combination of \"Tenfold\" and \"Heartbreaks + Setbacks.\" The odd-signatured \"Seven,\" part of which resembles one of those wild-card Yes interludes, is an alternately showy and frivolous set-up for the delirious dancefloor funk jam \"Oh Sheit It's X.\" For all the darkness and depth, one of the most moving songs here is \"Tron Song,\" a falsetto ode to his cat and the greatest example of his fearlessness. Animal-loving touring musicians finally have a song that speaks directly to them: \"I always come back to you\/Don't you worry about me.\" Even the melodic ditties that skirt smooth soul and soft rock supply more resonance here; the sweetly forlorn \"Without You\" comes across like a missing Twennynine-era Don Blackman cut. The driving \"Lotus and the Jondy,\" like early-2000s Radiohead with humor and fusion chops, is a fantastical adventure with moody riffing. Executive producer Flying Lotus and Peralta evidently are present as characters in the story, \"Straight trippin' in the darkness, straight-up seein' goblins,\" while Thundercat's older brother Ronald is present in material\/musical form to finish it with a supreme drum freak-out. Denser and fathoms deeper, this is some kind of leap. ~ Andy Kellman","brand":"Thundercat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44598813098217,"sku":"ZLC1P9-R8QJ-00","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/thundercat-apocalypse_veTgO.jpg?v=1759433658","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/thundercat-apocalypse","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}