lookfordog. - LOOKFORDOG. BUMPS

I got into lookforgod way too late but they’ve been doing it for years. After countless tapes and projects under various aliases, their newest tape might be as close as they’ve gotten to a self-titled - packaged up into 33 beats and 33 slices of gold. The pace and cadence of each track is different but the bounce is always there, every metallic hihat driven through bassy hits of kicks and claps, like they’re blasting through without ever feeling too distorted. Everything feels glistening on this, each sample twinkling even when the drums and chops get cocophonous, feeling like you’re in a squashed club with a single disco ball as your guiding light. Even when the decades and vocal stylings change, the samples always feels covered in sheen, always shining through beautifully between heavily-compressed kicks. I love the way this one was put together too, like little slivers of drums and samples before quickly moving into the next, like fleeting ideas that never hang around too long for you to get tired of a groove. Whether or not this was the case, I feel so much passion and love went into almost every beat here that it couldn’t help but be an uplifting experience for me in a walk in the sun this morning, all delivered from someone who truly makes this beat shit look easy.

KEY BEAT: pasture - one of the few vocal-less tracks here, this feels like a really psychedelic moment on the tape, with glittering harmonics and soulful vocals that loop around after every run, loose hats and claps driving it all home. This feels like the moment in the club I described earlier where you lose yourself, letting all the bliss wash over you.