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New Qrion: “2 U”

In which Sapporo’s Qrion, who has spent most of the year sharing relatively skeletal tracks that would sound at home in a misty forest, reveals her party side. It isn’t a total deviation from her other works this year…it still opens with a rush of strings and airy vocal samples, and at one point nearly transforms into a Bon Iver breakdown…but it does feature a conga-ing beat and a sample of Yo Majesty’s “Party Action,” which mainly repeats “fuck that shit/fuck that shit/say ‘fuck that shit.'” It’s an intriguing contrast that never tilts too heavy one way…it’s a mysterious party banger, of sorts. Listen below.