AOKOHIO

Experimental · 2019 · 16 tracks · 32m

AOKOHIO

A fragmented, cinematic suite of midwestern nostalgia. Short bursts of baroque pop and abstract rap that feel like flipping through a dusty family photo album.

It's like a 30-minute fever dream about your childhood home, set to beautiful piano and weird beats.

A fragmented, deeply personal reflection on memory and mortality that feels both claustrophobic and expansive.

AOKOHIO · vs · WHY?

Piano+1.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds piano notably more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 32m

04

Reason

1:40

05

Deleterio Motilis

1:52

06

Stained Glass Slipper

2:24

07

The Launch

1:08

08

High Drive

1:25

09

Mr. Fifths’ Plea

0:46

10

Good Fire

1:22

11

Narcissistic Lamentation

0:42

12

Krevin’

1:32

13

The Crippled Physician

2:55

14

Ustekinumab

0:31

15

My Original

0:31

16

Rock Candy

2:19

17

Once Shy

1:08

18

The Shame

0:35

19

Bloom Wither Bloom (for Mom)

4:10

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition into the haunting piano melody of Bloom Wither Bloom which anchors the album's emotional weight.

The sudden, jarring rhythmic shift in Deleterio Motilis that recalls the band's early Anticon-era experimentation.

The way the vocal harmonies stack and dissolve during the brief but potent Narcissistic Lamentation.

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