Almost 2 months ago, the first track from TV On The Radio’s Kyp Malone leaked online under the name ‘Rain Machine‘ titled “Give Blood” and a release date for his debut side project LP, September 22nd.
Just last week, Tunde Adebimpe officially announced that the band was going to take a year hiatus working on side projects. So just be clear – the band did not break up.
“Smiling Black Faces” is the most recent track we’ve heard by Rain Machine, a 6 minute song including topics like genocide, unsmiling faces and slave names. I got hooked on the first listen – it’s one of the most impressive songs I’ve heard so far this month. I don’t know if it’s his voice, the guitar, the jingle bells in the background or the claps in the end of the song (or maybe it’s all of these factors) that is spot on, but it is an amazing song overall. Kyp is an amazing lyricist, as well.
Kyp on Rain Machine:
“a nearly full spectrum of frequencies audible to the human ear, a reflection of a variety of emotions and situations real and imagined – some rhythm some rhyme.”
Rain Machine – “Smiling Black Faces”Stream
