DOOM, Thom Yorke & Johnny Greenwood – Retarded Fren
Lex Records is celebrating it’s 10-year anniversary soon and joining the festivities are three widely respected musicians and a retarded ‘fren.’ A lurching mechanical beat drops and after what seems like a somewhat hesitated start DOOM sounds right at home with a menacing flow among the jittery noises. Don’t come expecting a joyously cartoonish Daniel Dumile, this is the ‘Born Like This’ spitter in full-on villain mode with the British indie royalty providing a perfectly dark and atmospheric backdrop. The ending feels a bit tacked-on like it’s really there to create an invite for the Lex Records celebration while the meat of the song is actually already finished, but any record label putting music like this out deserves a successful shindig.
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