Before you can truly appreciate Freetown Sound and the message it delivers, you need a little bit of context around the state of the country in the summers leading up to its release. But more importantly, how a very specific incident in Dev Hynes career was the tipping point for an artist at his wit's end confronting the realities of being a black man in America. We break it all down in our look at one of 2016's best records, Blood Orange's Freetown Sound.
Tracklist:
Blood Orange - Do You See My Skin Through The Flames?
Blood Orange - With Him + EVP
Blood Orange - Hands Up
Blood Orange - Squash Squash
Blood Orange - Better Than Me
Tame Impala - Borderline (Blood Orange Remix)
This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.
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