Aesop Rock - Skelethon (10 Year Anniversary Edition) [3LP Cream & Black Marble]

Aesop Rock - Skelethon (10 Year Anniversary Edition) [3LP Cream & Black Marble]Released in 2012, Aesop Rock's 6th studio album 'Skelethon' was significant to his career. 5 years had passed since his previous album 'None Shall Pass' and his former label had closed. Entirely self produced, 'Skelethon' was his first solo release on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The title of the album is a combination of "skeleton" and "telethon," a metaphor for a trying period for Aesop. The 15 tracks explore themes such as death & distrust,

the sun on tentative closed eyes

On the opening "Places/Plans

Limited edition box set includes veggie splatter vinyl

This expanded reissue includes a bonus album The Samphire Tower

" Mike Lindsay said "The music we created for OUTSIDER sounds like a very twisted long forgotten musical

although alternative versions of some songs are used instead of the original releases

El Hombre Invisible is centered around Steven's emblematic vocals

eschewing the genre's default melancholia for wider and richer dimensions of uplifting and exultant bliss with a range and contrast that ensures this is no new age-style panacea

Sid Vicious

a healthy serving of bops and sunny California jams are also included to supplement the moodier material as the Los Angeles based trio continues to draw inspiration from their environment and their respective spirit missions

Seven years have passed since their last manifesto "Abrahadabra" (2010)

An undercurrent of unease simmers menacingly below the surface