Open Your Optics To Optimism
by Blu & Fa†e
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
$6 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumLimited edition of 500.
Includes an 11x11" poster insert.
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T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital AlbumArt by McKay Felt
Includes digital pre-order of Open Your Optics To Optimism.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumIncludes the vinyl, an OYOTO eye t-shirt, limited edition cassette of the instrumentals and stickers.
Limited edition of 50.
Includes unlimited streaming of Open Your Optics To Optimism via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 3 daysedition of 50$42 USD or more
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Think
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His Story
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Cosmophobia (Revisited)
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Thought
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about
"The prerequisite to a genuine optimism is understanding. An understanding of one's past, one's present, as well as one's trajectory. Without such an understanding, the resultant optimism is instead a sloppy veneer, hardly capable of convincing onlookers of its own hope and driving force.
On 'Open Your Optics to Optimism,' LA's Blu and producer Fa†e buckle into a DeLorean, cruising back to a time before time in order that they might gain the knowledge necessary to exude such a genuine optimism. Blu outlines Earth's history and then dives within it, beginning from the abyssal plane of the ocean floor, to the stunning sights of the outer atmosphere, and finally beyond, culminating in a personal transcendence outside both space and time.
Of course, there are snags along the way, indicated by the worried/chilling vocals of Cehryl on "Higher," as we ascend ever further from Earth's surface. But this same anxiety gives rise to a rip through the ozone on "UFO," and the mature introspection allowed by guest rappers milo and Open Mike Eagle on "Oblivia."
Faced with the absurdity and bluntness of such numbers as "4.6 billion years," it's hard to imagine a human conjuring any optimism at all. But Blu's calm and creative delivery, as well as experimentally-rooted lyricism act as the perfect guide across Fa†e's rhythmically cohesive and booming production.
You're not alone in asking the hard questions. Strap in."
-Grandmaster Hex
On 'Open Your Optics to Optimism,' LA's Blu and producer Fa†e buckle into a DeLorean, cruising back to a time before time in order that they might gain the knowledge necessary to exude such a genuine optimism. Blu outlines Earth's history and then dives within it, beginning from the abyssal plane of the ocean floor, to the stunning sights of the outer atmosphere, and finally beyond, culminating in a personal transcendence outside both space and time.
Of course, there are snags along the way, indicated by the worried/chilling vocals of Cehryl on "Higher," as we ascend ever further from Earth's surface. But this same anxiety gives rise to a rip through the ozone on "UFO," and the mature introspection allowed by guest rappers milo and Open Mike Eagle on "Oblivia."
Faced with the absurdity and bluntness of such numbers as "4.6 billion years," it's hard to imagine a human conjuring any optimism at all. But Blu's calm and creative delivery, as well as experimentally-rooted lyricism act as the perfect guide across Fa†e's rhythmically cohesive and booming production.
You're not alone in asking the hard questions. Strap in."
-Grandmaster Hex
credits
released September 28, 2016
Vocals by Blu
Production by Fa†e
Mixed & Mastered by Fa†e
Photography by Mish Khalil
Graphic arts by McKay Felt
Additional vocals by Cehryl on "His Story"
Vocals by Blu
Production by Fa†e
Mixed & Mastered by Fa†e
Photography by Mish Khalil
Graphic arts by McKay Felt
Additional vocals by Cehryl on "His Story"
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