Yaeji - With a Hammer Artist_高柳昌行 Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit Given DeMarco’s affinity for keeping

Given DeMarco’s affinity for keeping things lo-fi — 2 was the first time he’d bothered to record demos — it’s revealing to hear these songs in their most embryonic form

The short and spiky punk blast of “Nanka Mukatsuku” (“I Hate You”) adds another flavour ahead of the art-pop “Onion Slice“

The project went on to release a dozen albums by the end of the '90s but they had their biggest chart success in Japan with the debut's follow-up

The hard times become the norm

" The album is a major turning point in Rich Brian's artistic career that marks his coming-of-age and cements his place in hip-hop history

Yaeji - With a Hammer Artist_高柳昌行 Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit Given DeMarco’s affinity for keepingWith A Hammer was composed across a two year period in New York, Seoul, and London, begun shortly after the release of What We Drew and during the lockdowns of the Coronavirus pandemic. It is a diaristic ode to self exploration; the feeling of confronting ones own emotions, and the transformation that is possible when were brave enough to do so. In this case, Yaeji examines her relationship to anger. It is a departure from her previous work, blending