Shut-ins and the Colony

If Astronautalis and Mayer Hawthorne’s molecules vibrated to a frequency as to leave them forever combined into one gravely, soulful, hip hop letter home, you’d have something close to Shut-ins and The Colony. Solid raps, surprisingly good melodies, and solid, passionate production make for a easy listen.

Mr. Lucas Dix, teacher and creator of this, and part of the whimsically hard, Jellyfish Brigade, has teamed up again with producer Ed Curtiss to give us this surprisingly heartfelt EP, Lo-fi Love Songs. 

“I’m a sorry excuse for an angler / my smooth hands have seen little hard labor / but I’ll whittle down a branch and pull a cane pole out / sit upon the banks and catch a rainbow trout, for you.” 

Coming in at only four songs, the listen is extremely doable and the relistenability factor is very real. There’s a domestic bliss to the vibe. This is grown people music. Come home, bake some salmon and zucchini, open a bottle of quality wine, and dance with your girl like a real fucking man, boy. 

This record is all about escaping to a place where a man can kick up his feet, take a deep breath of freedom, make babies with his li’l momma, and forget all the troubles of a world that never gave much of a shit about him in the first place. 

You can cop a Shut-ins and the Colony cassette or name your own price for the digital copy through Neon Autumn.