Um: Vinyl LP Jordan Rakei The producer’s hand is prominent

The producer’s hand is prominent — not least in the sampled “yeah”s and “uh”s that give the album a hip-hop-indebted confidence — and many of the songs feature the 4/4 beats and deftly employed effects usually associated with house music

Selected by The Source as one of the Top 100 Best Rap Albums

Psychedelic Kisses

layering field recordings

180 gram pressing on black vinyl

Um: Vinyl LP Jordan Rakei The producer’s hand is prominentMeaning shifts throughout Murphys debut album Um with songs that meld moments of baroque beauty with crashes of electronic noise, employing textures that are by turns organic and artificial, hi fi and lo fi. Collaborations with the likes of Claire Rousay and Roy Montgomery are finely intertwined with the fruits of rigorous studio sessions with producer Ethan P. Flynn. Lyrically Martha conjures images inspired by everything from Ancient Roman hand