My Uncle Told Me Some Real Ass Sh*t on the Phone Yesterday by zayALLCAPS

For fans of Frank Ocean, Bladee, Death’s Dynamic Shroud, indietronica, and the tension that hangs in the air as track runners wait for the starting gun, My Uncle Told Me Some Real Ass Sh*t on the Phone Yesterday by zayALLCAPS explores coming of age through an experimental rendition of the autotuned intersection between hip hop and rnb. Going a step beyond pitch correction, these vocals use digital support to shift into entirely new registers and conform to anthemic melodies, an approach which adds dense layers to an already lush instrumental background. With clever sampling and vintage synths, each of these beats strike at a core of liminal nostalgia, making a pastiche of the early 2010s that shows how, even only a decade on, the promises of that era have already entirely died just like the malls and main streets before them. Amidst this backdrop of undead decay, lyrics anxiously await a new stage of life as adolescence collapses, begging for a stable future which may prove just as fickle as the past.