Stray is a 33 12 months outdated rapper & songwriter from New Haven, Connecticut who shaped the Rogue Hole collective through the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. His solo debut prolonged play Witherman would come out the subsequent fall as did his full-length debut Cloudy Alibi in the summertime of 2023 & extra just lately his earlier EP Benefit from the View this previous July, enlisting his crew’s latest in-house producer Charlie Beans to deal with all the beats for Stray’s third EP coming off producing most of James Joyce the Squatch’s 4th album Discomfort Inn final month.
“Cicada” after the “Change of Plans” intro begins off with an aggressive increase bap instrumental pleading to dig up this world that’s been underground for too lengthy whereas “Foul Floor” that includes James Joyce the Squatch talks concerning the distinction between them & the remainder. “Out Alive” depressively speaks of sleeping below a cypress tree ceaselessly & after “Frost Chew” assures it’s okay if one can’t sustain, the ultimate music “Good Timing” previous the “Epilogue” outro ends by explaining the very factor life has by no means had.
Gearing up for his upcoming sophomore effort Flinch additionally totally produced by Charlie Beans later this fall, I’m getting an enormous impression that it’ll high Cloudy Alibi to develop into Stray’s biggest LP but since Blink of an Eye surpasses each Witherman & Benefit from the View so far as his EPs go. Between the Sky Swamp Orange frontman’s lyrics & Charlie’s darkish manufacturing, it is also checked out as Rogue Hole’s continuation of constructing shockwaves throughout the underground.
Rating: 8/10