Arca – &&&&& (Vinyl)

For anyone who can remember, Arcas &&&&& was a moment. Its 25-minute stretch of coiling, contorted grime and glitch; dub and hip hop dropped with the buzz of an impending co-production credit on Kanye Wests Yeezus in 2013. That gesture was a remarkable challenge to the form of the mixtape, which was a relatively new trend taking hold of the online-oriented underground at the turn of the 2010s. But where many, if not most mixtapes where treated simply as a showcase of individual tracks presaging a more official release to come, &&&&& was a complete piece in its own right. Coming right after her new album Kick i on XL, this will be getting a lot of attention.

TRACKLIST

Knot
Harness
Fossil
Feminine
Anaesthetic
Coin
Century
Mother
Hallucinogen
Pinch
DM True
Waste
Pure Anna
Obelisk