Label: Opco
Released 2023
Debut mixtape from local hip-hop acolyte Melty Sauce (Zachariah Barr). Meticulously arranged lyrics with surreal imagery and contemplative wonder fill this full length boom-bap adventure. Core themes on the strengths of compassion, friendship, resilience, & self-acceptance unfold over catchy, melodic beats reminiscent of the late Golden Age sound as it blossomed on the East Coast. Knit together with a treasure chest of samples pulled from interviews with philosophers, sketch comedy, classic video games, & more, Melty vs. The Icemen balances heavier, complex subjects like mental illness, climate change, identity, and uncertainty with a mischievous sense of humor and playfulness, forming an appeal to resistance, solidarity, and the cultivation of joy. There are some naughty words.
Track listing:
- Hello
- A Feast Of Fables
- Anger's Betrayals
- 1000 Books
- Little Rabbit
- Kid Icarus
- Horizontal
- Jamonita
- Fresh Depression
- Tree Star
- Low-Got-Glo
- Marshmallow Pizza
- Human Torch
- The Impossibles
- Lumens
- Banana Clip
- Old Boys
- The Bee Bumble
- Genie-ology
- Bonus Stage