Weekend' signals a pivotal release for 20 year-old UK artist MICHAELBRAILEY, an electronic producer, vocalist, and classical composer currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Since debuting in late 2014 with the impressive 'Pericardial' EP for Hush Hush, his talents have continued to blossom and evolve, allowing him to more fully display his strong ear for captivating arrangements, enveloping atmospherics, hypnotic beats, and delicate melodies. The release’s six episodic tracks were written during a highly transformative coming-of-age period, sonically documenting the emotional trials and tribulations of properly starting to uncover and embrace one’s own sexuality. Bursting out with the bombarding opener “Beast Within,” the lyrical motif "...you said we’re not dying..." is surrounded by an oppressive, intense beat that recalls the physical underground club aesthetic of Kanye West’s influential 'Yeezus' record. Quickly engrossing the listener into his immersive, chaotic sonic world, Brailey sets the stage for a powerful mini-album that captures the pain and conflicted beauty of an explosive, revelatory relationship.
While a hefty emotional weight runs throughout 'Weekend,' Brailey’s growing confidence in his fragile, hypnotic falsetto... more
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released February 26, 2016
Written, produced, and mixed by MICHALEBRAILEY.
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"Baggage / One Tear" contains a sample of "Forest Floor" by Lux Natura.
"Weekend" contains of a sample of the 2008 film 'Brideshead Revisited' and was written, produced, and recorded by MICHAELBRAILEY, Parks Burton, and Tapper.
Mastered by Adam Straney at BreakPoint Mastering.
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Artwork by Sebastian Fathi & MICHAELBRAILEY.
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