Black Metal 2

Sound DNA

• Alt/Indie
• Indie Rock

• lo-fi
• detached
• cerebral

About

Across a decade and a half of aliases and side-projects, Dean Blunt’s been known as an enigma. With a penchant for trolling and a disdain for genre boundaries, the Londoner is hard to pin down—from the masked post-punk of his Hype Williams duo to the weirdo noise-rap of Babyfather. But the sequel to 2014’s <i>BLACK METAL</i>, released under his own name, is mostly just…pretty. A pared-down collection of downcast avant-pop, <i>BLACK METAL 2</i> blurs acoustic strums, MIDI strings, and Blunt’s deadpan half-raps, telling fascinatingly unresolved stories—a gun on the beach, a mother without a son. These are lush, delicate songs that still feel profoundly unhappy: “Daddy’s broke/What a joke/Future’s bleak,” he sing-songs on folk downer “NIL BY MOUTH.” Even at its most accessible, Blunt’s work remains a bit of a mystery.

via Apple Music

Tracklist