Doubling down on both the reticence and fidelity of Elliot Smith’s delivery, it can sometimes be hard to tell what the hell Sipper, heir apparent to the softboi singer songwriter crown, is even saying. Luckily, his comment section is always populated with at least one dickrider down to translate his mumbles into the English language for our viewing pleasure. And, turns out, his superficially soothing songs are filled with trendy one liners ripped straight from depression Twitter. Go figure.
Not an insult, by the way. ‘Fuck Sex‘ is the perfect breakup song to film yourself crying to with the selfie cam then post it on TikTok and net a hot ten thousand views. Which is almost definitely its intended use.
More Bops
Malik Elijah – SMOKEYMIRRORS
The mellowest party song I’ve heard since ‘Coda‘, Maryland storyteller Malik Elijah takes the Kendick approach to debauchery, spinning what could’ve been a straight up banger into a reflection on status, tribalism, and human behavior. Does he sound almost sociopathic casually spitting walk into the party / you don’t know us / well you know us now / analyze the patterns / this is not my first go around? Totally. And it’s what landed him on this list, so. Must be doing something right.
SPLAT. – OZONE//
If Travis Barker went synthwave instead of nu skool pop punk dad, you might get this bite-sized drum and bass bop. It’s the ideal soundtrack to binging cocaine in a submarine or head banging in a rocket ship. And if I go out in either situation, I want this played at my funeral.