For anyone who can remember, Arcas &&&&& was a moment. Its 25-minute stretch of coiling, contorted grime and glitch; dub and hip hop dropped with the buzz of an impending co-production credit on Kanye Wests Yeezus in 2013. That gesture was a remarkable challenge to the form of the mixtape, which was a relatively new trend taking hold of the online-oriented underground at the turn of the 2010s. But where many, if not most mixtapes where treated simply as a showcase of individual tracks presaging a more official release to come, &&&&& was a complete piece in its own right. Coming right after her new album Kick ion XL’, this will be getting a lot of attention.

Tracklisting

1. Knot
2. Harness
3. Fossil
4. Feminine
5. Anaesthetic
6. Coin
7. Century
8. Mother
9. Hallucinogen
10. Pinch
11. DM True
12. Waste
13. Pure Anna
14. Obelisk