“Poet-artist-rapper Mykki Blanco has always been important just for existing in America’s miserably homophobic and transphobic rap industry. This album, made at the same time as last year’s comeback Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep, sees Blanco sharpening their pop antennae while discussing topics such as racism, feminism and queer pride. Little sparks surprise and delight, such as producer FaltyDL’s c”
“Ever-evolving, explorative poet, artist and musician Mykki Blanco’s fourth studio album Stay Close To Music opens with the swirling ‘Pink Diamond Bezel’, that sees the Californian musician (armed with producer and multi-instrumentalist FaltyDL) fuse bubbling hip hop with gurgles of grunge, as multi-layered vocals intertwine themselves around each other, setting the precedent for the godly quality ”
