Kay The Aquanaut & Maki - The Nautical Blue

Tracklist

Side A
1.
Coral Cemetery
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
03:11
2.
Sunken Freight
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
02:40
3.
Styling In Low Tide
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
02:55
4.
The Nautical Blue
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
03:43
5.
Floating Like A Corpse In The Will Of The Waves
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
02:44
6.
The New Flowers Have No Soul
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
04:10
Side B
1.
I Wanna Jump In A Lake
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
03:35
2.
I Owe It All To The Ocean
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
03:41
3.
Saltwater Stone Soup
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
02:35
4.
We Followed You From The Docks
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
03:31
5.
Low Ebb Culture
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
03:28
6.
The Moneyfish Went Extinct
Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
05:21

Information


  • Artist : Kay The Aquanaut & Maki
  • Format : 1 x 12" (140g)
  • CountryCanada
  • GenresAbstractFolkHip Hop
  • Pressing105 Copies
  • Estimated shipping dateDelivery within 2 to 7 days

Description

Again though, happenstance. Kay The Aquanaut dropped a new album The Nautical Blue (Hello L.A.), his thirteenth full-length release and fourth completely produced by Maki. This album follows up Earth Station 7 by Kay x Maki released a year ago, but this go-around, there’s something that’s corrupted these two with so much more intensity. There’s obviously a nautical theme running rampantly around the new release, and the fact that this album was inspired by the Jules Verne novel 10000 Leagues Under The Sea, yes it becomes clearer. Alone, the songs separated from one another may not spark such intensity but together, this is a beast of a collection.

The Nautical Blue opens softly, with “Coral Cemetery” as xylophone notes are wrapped in a blanket of the ethereal before that beat drops and Kay dropping his lyrics, melodically concurrently riding that wave of sound with his imagery fitting within the theme. Maki keeps things upbeat but there’s a somber tone from track to track that’s felt deep within the murky waters. But it’s Kay’s delivery here that gets the necessary attention. The tension in his delivery is heard here, much like on “Sunken Freight,” where he doubles up on his vocals for the harmony in the backdrop. “Unkle” is draped in melancholy and it’s obviously juxtaposed against Kay’s vocals over the mechanical beat that’s drawn out here. He comes across with words that are conveyed with semblances of anger that builds and then dissipates. But we eventually get more of it as the release progresses.

There’s more to Kay that meets to eye here, with terse vocal lines filled with a vehemence for corporate consumption & governmental destruction of lives and the planet in general. “The New Flowers Have No Souls” indeed, with “I Wanna Jump In A Lake” expounding on a world of corruption and death of humanity. But everything seems to come to a head with “Saltwater Stone Soup” as he gives a direct ‘fuck you’ to hellish governments bent on destructions with “We’re shutting down everything/I don’t wanna hear criticism of this analysis/I walk around this city with your flag draped on my dick,” and “Fuck this analysis, just know that we are pissed off/Float around the planet, what’s on land just makes me sick.” It’s obviously a “call to arms,” and while Kay offers much hyperbole and truth, he’s stating everything many of us are thinking and all the while keeping to the nautical theme. It’s fucking brilliant.

There’s a lot to be said about The Nautical Bible but even more so for Kay The Aquanaut. Throughout his career as an emcee, his artistry has seen an exponential growth and a force to be reckoned with. This is that moment.