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Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller
Rock · 2000 · 6 tracks

Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller

A dusty, lo-fi time capsule of bedroom recordings. Acoustic melodies meet primitive drum machines and unpolished, earnest vocals from a young songwriter.

January 1, 2000 · Not On Label (Ben Kweller Self-released)

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A scrappy, heart-on-sleeve collection of bedroom recordings that feels both lonely and incredibly hopeful.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
BK Baby
1:50
03
How It Should Be (Sha Sha)
1:41
04
Make It Up
4:07
06
I Don't Know Why
3:07
07
Lizzy
4:04
08
Problems
3:30
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the hip-hop beat of BK Baby into the earnest acoustic strumming of the following tracks.
The way the vocals on Lizzy feel like they were recorded inches from the microphone, capturing every breathy imperfection.
The primitive, clunky drum machine loop that anchors Problems, giving it a charmingly amateurish hip-hop backbone.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller sound next to the rest of Ben Kweller's catalogue?

Lo Fi+1.9σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

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