Sampha “Process”

Sampha

Process

[Young Turks; 2017]

Rating: 8

A lot has happened since Sampha’s promising 2010 debut, Dual EP. Instead of capitalizing off of his first effort, Sampha instead spent the next seven years supporting his mother as she suffered with cancer. She passed away in 2015, and he would soon after discover his own health scare in the form of a lump in his throat. The result of this seven year hiatus from releasing music is Process, an album with a depth and maturity far exceeding that of most debut, full-length efforts.

Video Clip of the Week: Father John Misty “Pure Comedy”

Since I spent the entire month of January listening only to albums released in 1974 (you can hear about it HERE), I’m currently playing a game of catch-up on 2017 releases. I’m hoping to have an album to review by next week, but in the meantime, the BDWPS.com page has been stagnant for the past week and a half. To fill some space, I thought I’d share my favorite release of the year so far in the video for Father John Misty’s “Pure Comedy.” I’m sure many of you have already seen it, but if you haven’t, it’s a glory to behold. The song is also pretty great. Hopefully the site will be back to its normal routine in the next week or so.

BDWPS Podcast: Episode #55

In this year’s “That 70s Show” episode, we take a look at the music that shaped 1974. It was a year of many genres nearing their end while future genres were just beginning to bud in the underground.

Check it out HERE, or better yet, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher (search: BDWPS).

Tracklist:

Leonard Cohen “There is a War”

Gil Scott Heron “H2O-Gate”

Funkadelic “On the Verge of Getting It On”

Cluster “Caramel”

King Crimson “Fallen Angel”

Robert Wyatt “Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road”

Roxy Music “All I Want is You” John Cale “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend”

John Cale “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend”