New CRZKNY: Coke, Shitlife…

ByPatrick St. Michel

Hiroshima’s CRZKNY comes up often around here, but mostly for his political, unfortunately relevant work with the Atomic Bomb Compilation series. He’s great in this mode, but dude can also just get down and filthy when he needs to. Every radical needs to let off steam, and Coke, Shitlife… is the juke producer cutting loose. The mood can still get pretty dark — see the laser-light speed of “Young Hamster Strikes Back” or the burbling “Ableton Killed The Pop Star” — but rather than imagining the apocalypse, CRZKNY is just kinda flexing with these swift tunes. Just check the looped snarl of “fuck off” on “I Say Fuckoff You Say Goodbye!” CRZKNY is as hard-hitting as ever, but he’s got a grin here. Get it here, or listen below.

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