Supreme Cuts new material is insanely good. Whispers in the Dark, their album due on July 12th, takes their previous excellent material to the next level and pretty much blows most of the rest of the bass music world out of the water. Their beats are intricate, dense and constantly shifting. They utilize elements of rap and the juke of their native Chicago, but create instrumental songs with complex structures that progress, build and break into melodic bliss. I heard someone mention post-rock in reference to their sound (another genre largely born and bred in Chicago); and the cinematic, epic nature of their sound does have similarities with early Tortoise. Really, just trust me--listen to and download the first two singles because you will want to have them for forever. First up is "Lessons of Darkness (Apology)" which lives up to the sweeping power and drama of it's namesake film by Werner Herzog.
Here's "(Youngster Gone Off That) Sherm" probably my favorite track from the new album, although it's a really close tie with every single other song on it. They are all so, so good.
You can stream the entire album right now at Spin.com and you can buy the whole thing tomorrow at iTunes. Vinyl should be available soon at their Bandcamp or at Boomkat.
These guys have been busy for the past few months while I've been slacking on posting. They have made beats for15 year-old rising rap star Haleek Maul (whose debut EP you can grab for free here) and you can check out some of their instrumentals from that EP and from upcoming mixtape, Chrome Lips, below. You can actually download the single Silkk here. Supreme Cuts are some of the very best producers out there right now, you'll want to get everything you can by them and thank them for all the amazing music by grabbing Whispers in the Dark tomorrow.
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