Mouse on Mars

Folks, we’ve got a special thing today! Our first ever Five Songs Guest Post! That’s right! For the first time ever, Five Songs is an actual “we” instead of a royal “we”! This guest track listing was provided by Col. Hector Bravado, founder of Breakup Gaming Society, home to America’s Least Responsible Board Game Podcast. Riff with him on Twitter (@T1ChiefRocka) or listen. We’re going all instrumental today, and now I’m going to turn over the mic!

Here’s today.

Mouse on Mars, “First: Break”

A thing that unifies a lot of my music taste is a certain amount of boundary pushing and unpredictability. It’s why on the electronic side I tend to prefer noisy, hyperactive stuff rather than music from the ambient side of things. This spastic…tune?…is a good example. It doesn’t make any goddamn sense at all, but whatever, it’s fun.

Chance the Rapper, “Summer Friends”

There’s a warmth and humanity in Chance’s work that is lovely to hear. It’s as human as that Mouse on Mars track is cold and mechanical. We here at Five Songs contain multitudes!

Here’s your music today.

Ghostface Killah, “Be This Way”

From what I can tell, 2004’s The Pretty Toney Album didn’t seem to go over that well with critics. Perhaps because it’s an album where Ghostface started really pulling away from the Wu-Tang Clan. However, I think it’s really good - Ghost seems to be pretty loose, and while the album is sloppy in parts, it’s nevertheless really fun. After the relatively dreary Bulletproof Wallets, it was a relief for him to get back on track.